Example Sentences

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This was a sensation romance, or the roots of his hair would not have tingled so!

From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by Robinson, Frederick William

That gentleman's ears would have tingled could he have heard the pleasant and complimentary things that Coristine said about him.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John

A century ago he might have left his plough to fight, and, having fought, might have returned thereto; but the battle would have tingled in his blood and the furrows have gone crooked.

From The Voice of the People by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

Your sister's ears ought to have tingled at the good things said of her here last week.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

I have tingled with shame at the way in which she spoke of and to him.

From The Sign of the Red Cross by Everett-Green, Evelyn