tingle
verb (used without object)
to have a sensation of slight prickles, stings, or tremors, as from cold, a sharp blow, excitement, etc..
had tingled
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past perfectof tingle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Every inch of my skin had tingled as I tried to process what I had just seen, if any of it had actually happened—if any of it might actually happen.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
His blood tingled again, as it had tingled when her face bent over him and her hand reached out, and in his soul there rose up the ghost of Tao to whip him on.
From Back to God's Country and Other Stories by James Oliver Curwood
As if my cheeks had tingled under the assault but to-day, I recall the exclamation of a girl of fifteen who sat next to me while the examination in history was held.
From When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood by Marion Harland
Some underneath excitement to see his friend Markrute's niece had tingled in his veins from the moment he had left the house.
From The Reason Why by Elinor Glyn
She had tingled in body as she had gone on up the road.
From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
