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prickle

[prik-uhl] / ˈprɪk əl /


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“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

As he signed in, the 30-year-old felt a prickle of hope.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2022

When it did, our legs began to prickle all over with pins and needles.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2021

Joplin made the hairs on the back of people’s necks prickle.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2019

When we passed the mill, I got a cold prickle on my neck, like someone was watching me.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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