prickle

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

“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

Others will remain to prickle your conscience and your politics; the premise almost seems designed to make you squirm.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2021

Then an idea came to her that made her skin prickle.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau

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

This creates a bond between you, and it raises prickles of tension: You’re concerned about Nelly, and you’re wondering, too, about this stranger.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

Just beware of prickles if you have children or pets.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2022

Feeling prickles of fear running over my skin, I crawl into her stone home and sit down.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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

As we stared into their murky depths, a sudden gust of steam stung the eyes and prickled the skin.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2019

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

From an aircraft flying just a few thousand feet above the canopy, the surveyors prickled each square meter with 15 laser pulses.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2018

The Wart stood there delighted, while the furry feet held tight on his finger and the sharp claws prickled his skin.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

"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

Harry moved to the window, turned his back on the spectacular view, and waited, his arms folded, his scar prickling.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling