- present participle of prickle.
prickling
Example Sentences
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"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
The pain that had started in my neck was jumping around — now stabbing sensations in my spine, now prickling and tingling in my extremities.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2021
Harry thought fast, his scar still prickling, his head threatening to split again.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
