prickle

I felt a slight prickle at the nape of my neck, having lived my life in a manner that allowed ordering without performing a cost-benefit analysis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

In this powerful, poetic lament, Harnage’s bare-chested body seems to prickle as it bends, wobbles and rights itself again.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

“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

A prickle of excitement ran up Razi’s spine.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

Maybe there’s another reason to feel the prickles on the back of your neck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 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

This mildly prickles his assigned roommate, the slightly insecure Ned, who alone among the characters is given a self-explanatory monologue.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2016

But it was more than that; there was something slimily questionable about the Babylonian that always sent prickles up Ranofer’s spine.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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

Across from a closed-up snack cart, I knelt until the cold concrete prickled my knees.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2023

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

Liyana started thinking of the word “immigrant” in a different way at that moment and her skin prickled.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

"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 the numbers rose, I felt a cold, prickling sensation run through my spine.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022

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

The snow was deep, and before long my legs to the knees were prickling and numb.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt