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

Like the prickling atmosphere of dread that blanketed the original and is only pallidly reproduced here.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022

That includes Masha herself, a Goop-tastic creation whose studied smile, meant to convey a sense of reassurance, is locked in an eternal battle with a non-specific accent prickling with dubiousness.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2021

The prickling sensation on the back of his neck returned and he didn’t have the twins to explain it.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova