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
At the thought of the Savoy and the adventure waiting there, the girl's skin had tingled and grown hot, as if a wind laden with grains of heated sand had blown over her.
From The Second Latchkey by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
She had tingled in body as she had gone on up the road.
From The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
"You spoke of grizzlies a minute ago," said Dick, whose sporting blood had tingled at mention of the name.
From Bert Wilson in the Rockies by J. W. Duffield
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
