tingle
verb (used without object)
to have a sensation of slight prickles, stings, or tremors, as from cold, a sharp blow, excitement, etc..
had been tingling
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past perfect progressiveof tingle.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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He came to the ER because his arm had been tingling and painful for over a week.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2021
Saxon’s fingers had been tingling for a brush to hold and his lids had been unconsciously dropping, that his eyes might appraise the colors in simplified tones and values.
From The Key to Yesterday by Charles Neville Buck
Five minutes ago, two minutes ago, she had been tingling with vitality, now she was numb, and found it an effort to collect her thoughts.
From Lady Cassandra by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
