goose bumps
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of goose bumps
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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“I had goose bumps and thought, ‘This is what I love.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
"I had a lot of goose bumps watching it."
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
“It gives me goose bumps when I think about that scene,” Thornton said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
She asked to see it and within minutes had “kind of a goose bumps feeling when you just know it’s an amazing show,” she said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
For no apparent reason a cat’s fur may rise on its back as it peers into a dark closet, just as you or I may get goose bumps from phantoms we neither see nor hear.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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