prickling
Example Sentences
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"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
With its prickling, apocalyptic aesthetic and persistent paranoia, this spooky political thriller is all about a mood: conspiratorial, sinister, unsettled.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
It made her nervous all over, anxiety and anticipation prickling across her skin.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
