prickle

George thought she had scattered his ashes at Bridlington Harbour, as per his wishes, and said the discovery had made "me feel sick and the hairs prickle on the back of my neck".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“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

Southampton’s briny scent began to prickle the air; he caught his first glimpse of the sea.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2021

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

“You’re quite right,” said Dumbledore serenely, shaking back his sleeve to reveal the tips of those burned and blackened fingers; the sight of them made the back of Harry’s neck prickle unpleasantly.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Maybe there’s another reason to feel the prickles on the back of your neck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Some hedgehogs arriving at the rescue centre felt like "little empty bags of prickles and very, very slim" due to dehydration, Thompson said.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

The bad news hits us with gale force, although apprehension prickles when the ultrasound tech falls silent.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2022

This creates a bond between you, and it raises prickles of tension: You’re concerned about Nelly, and you’re wondering, too, about this stranger.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

Her entire body felt covered in prickles, and her arms were suddenly tired.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

And yet reminders of a rather weighty August 1 trade deadline have prickled through Angel Stadium across this weekend series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2023

Across from a closed-up snack cart, I knelt until the cold concrete prickled my knees.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2023

But what has lingered even more for me is the purple skirt of the catafalque, which seemed to glow beneath the floodlights, and the shiver of history that prickled my arms.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2022

The skin prickled on the back of my neck, an involuntary reaction to what roboticists call the “uncanny valley”—the space between flesh and blood and a too-human machine.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019

They were only twenty yards from it, and the back of Lazlo’s neck prickled.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

"We show that the phantom touch illusion is described by most subjects as a tingling or prickling, electrifying sensation or as if the wind was passing through their hand."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023

As an adult in Los Angeles, I thought I knew heat — that sizzling dryness that arrives each summer and fall, curing the grasses and prickling the skin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

As I grip the hunk of frozen meat, frost shears off, crystals prickling my skin as they melt against my hand.

From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2022

Like the prickling atmosphere of dread that blanketed the original and is only pallidly reproduced here.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

The prickling sensation on the back of his neck returned and he didn’t have the twins to explain it.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova