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prickling



ADJECTIVE
itchy
Synonyms




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Prickling in skin of back of wrists and hands.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

They talked in French, and I, Prickling from head to foot with shame, ignored, Left standing like a fool, passed from the room.

From Toward the Gulf by Masters, Edgar Lee

Prickling, stinging darts volleyed her face, her hands, her feet; and yet she seemed to be freezing to stone.

From Out of the Air by Gillmore, Inez Haynes

Prickling with shame over the explanation which she tried stumblingly to make, her impulse was to catch at the one Garth offered.

From Vision House by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

Prickling thrills, not due to bonfire heat, shot over it.

From In Old Kentucky by Marshall, Edward




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