Example Sentences

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Fact is, my ears have been pricking up all morning to hear the old bull-whips crack.

From The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West by Wilson, Harry Leon

For all we knew to the contrary, conscience may have been pricking him, but the fact remained that he was prophetic.

From The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles by Brebner, Percy James