spine-tingling

Example Sentences

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The weigh-in was spine-tingling as the Mancunian stared down Mayweather.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

Wang is the spine-tingling opposite, pure electricity, pure Yuja Wang, the closest we have today to Vladimir Horowitz, who happened to be Rachmaninoff’s Beverly Hills neighbor and favorite pianist.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

Giant tifos and choreographed displays are common, singing is non-stop and the atmosphere is spine-tingling.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

But what shines through, from an illustrious beginning to what, after some hard years, feels like a happy end, is her ferocious talent; every performance, and we see many, is spine-tingling good.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

It was eerie, spine-tingling, unearthly; it lifted the hair on Harry’s scalp and made his heart feel as though it was swelling to twice its normal size.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling