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prickle

[prik-uhl] / ˈprɪk əl /


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“It made the back of my neck prickle from its first pages, and that feeling never went away,” wrote New York Times reviewer Dwight Garner.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 19, 2022

As he signed in, the 30-year-old felt a prickle of hope.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2022

And then, on page 358, the plot picked up: My skin got that proper prickle.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2021

The thin howling of the wind, the prickle of stars in the dark heavens.

From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2018

It made the hair on my arms prickle.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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