prickle
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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
Others will remain to prickle your conscience and your politics; the premise almost seems designed to make you squirm.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
Slowly, he turned and felt his skin prickle.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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
I brush my fingers over the bump, and pain prickles over my scalp.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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
As we stared into their murky depths, a sudden gust of steam stung the eyes and prickled the skin.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2019
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
Sweat developed on my forehead; my skin prickled.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2019
As I grasped onto the leather hoop hanging from the rods overhead, my skin prickled with the disquieting sense of being watched.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
"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
Like the prickling atmosphere of dread that blanketed the original and is only pallidly reproduced here.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
The president replied that he felt a prickling sensation in his right foot and leg.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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