gooseflesh
Example Sentences
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A light breeze brushed my thighs, bringing up gooseflesh that I feared were as visible as hives.
From Literature
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“His Honor? He’s a strange duck, isn’t he? Gives me gooseflesh to think of him, somehow.”
From Literature
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It was July, but overcast and my arms turned to gooseflesh in the breeze.
From The Guardian
By the time they reached the hall, she was covered with gooseflesh.
From Literature
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One day, you might put together a combination of stir-fried eggplant, hot-and-sour shredded potatoes and strips of cold tofu, which sport these adorable little bumps, like gooseflesh.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.