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When experiencing either emotion, everything — be it a piece of news, the prick of a finger, a conversation with a loved one living thousands of miles away — is magnified.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

A flurry of such tests that look for multiple cancers with a prick are in various stages of development.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

Older participants regained motor strength and sensory abilities, such as feeling light touch or a pin prick, at levels similar to younger individuals.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2026

Sitting in a tattoo studio chair and feeling the ongoing prick of the needle for up to seven hours is a repetitive, almost meditative act that helps ground her in the present moment, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

I try to prick the balloon that’s lifting me into the air by telling myself I shouldn’t be this excited to see a guy I only met a day ago.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

While the noise of the by-election pricks everyone's ears, Mark and his fellow constituents have their views on loudspeaker.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

And when a final showdown arrives — several women and girls chirping out an animalistic warning — the hair on the back of your neck pricks up.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2024

But they also rely on uncomfortable procedures, ranging from collecting small blood samples through frequent finger pricks to blood draws from a trained phlebotomist.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023

You could consider getting one shot in each arm if you want to avoid the discomfort of two needle pricks in the same arm.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2023

A needle of irritation pricks me at Hideo’s easy dismissal of my debt.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

They are posed dashingly on the diagonal, the German dog, ears pricked, stacked as if in the show ring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

In a story in “Ladies’ Lunch,” an old woman, disheveled after an outing, looks in a mirror and sees “what Diane Arbus might have seen. She gazed, appalled, and being appalled pricked her interest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

At last, after three pricked fingers, I managed to fill the paper outline with red.

From Slate ● May 28, 2025

Angela reflects: "Kendall said, mum when you look at the times she was taking money, she was sitting in the office transferring money while I was sitting across from her. Her conscience wasn't pricked then'."

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2024

His ears pricked as he looked around, nervous.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Nevertheless, there was that telltale pricking at the eyes when your mind begins to think about what might have been.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

That’s where it started when I was pricking that bubble of comedians who think they’re changing the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025

Blood obtained by pricking a baby’s heel was collected on filter paper and tested for phenylketonuria, a rare metabolic condition that, if untreated, causes intellectual disability.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 13, 2023

The authors found that the three variants were associated with a lower pain threshold in response to skin pricking after prior exposure to mustard oil, but not in response to heat or pressure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023

Instantly the Rottweilers ceased barking and dropped to sitting positions, their black ears pricking up intently.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen