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

A vague prickling sensation spread down his face and neck to his chest and back.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

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

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2022

The soca music played on as she worked on another section of her hair, hectic steel pan and percussion thumping through the air, her spine prickling.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi