prickle

I felt a slight prickle at the nape of my neck, having lived my life in a manner that allowed ordering without performing a cost-benefit analysis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

My blood scrambles into a mess and heat rises up the back of my neck, making my scalp prickle.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

Just beware of prickles if you have children or pets.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022

Yo asks Dr. Payne; the skin on her neck prickles and reddens.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

It's part of why he feels ironically prickled about reporting Martha, and not Darrien, to the police.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2024

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

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

Cold fear prickled the back of her neck.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

"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

A vague prickling sensation spread down his face and neck to his chest and back.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

As the numbers rose, I felt a cold, prickling sensation run through my spine.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022

The president replied that he felt a prickling sensation in his right foot and leg.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow