prick
Example Sentences
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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
Still, he concluded the Fed shouldn’t try to prick bubbles with rate increases given uncertain benefits and potentially severe costs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
"If a heel prick test had been done... things would have been addressed. Time is of the essence with this."
From BBC • Jan. 6, 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
Of course, there had been no sodium pentothal, just a harmless prick with a sterilized needle.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
Vocabulary lists containing prick
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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