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

Southampton’s briny scent began to prickle the air; he caught his first glimpse of the sea.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2021

And then, on page 358, the plot picked up: My skin got that proper prickle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

There was a long and awkward silence in which his scar continued to prickle and throb, and which was broken at last by Mrs. Weasley.

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

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

To get it, you have to reach past the prickles.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2014

The horse smelled the sugar, and the prickles from his chin tickled my fingers until I opened my palm.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

But what has lingered even more for me is the purple skirt of the catafalque, which seemed to glow beneath the floodlights, and the shiver of history that prickled my arms.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2022

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

And as I did, an incredible thought prickled the back of my neck.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"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

Ivan and Håkon were still arguing on the road as Anya ran back to them, skin prickling.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack