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atingle

American  
[uh-ting-guhl] / əˈtɪŋ gəl /

adjective

  1. tingling; stimulated.

Etymology

Origin of atingle

First recorded in 1850–55; a- 1 + tingle

Example Sentences

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We kept talking but my nerve endings were atingle.

From Washington Post

It has everybody atingle for Sunday.

From Washington Post

Enthused and euphoric, her rise, meteoric, Her heart all atingle — then numbed.

From New York Times

Smiling affably, with every nerve in his body atingle, he advanced to the table.

From Project Gutenberg

Five minutes after she had entered the buckboard, the spirit of this new world had seized upon the girl and she was athrob and atingle with the joy of it.

From Project Gutenberg

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