prick
noun
a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
is pricking
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present progressiveof prick (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Your remarkable example of responsible and dynamic journalism is pricking the conscience of America.
From Time Magazine Archive
If you will be so kind as to move that sword-point a little—it is pricking me—thank you.
From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Henry Rider Haggard
In a little while he gave another prick, and Big Lion called again, 'What is pricking me so?'
From The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
A night or so may seem to matter little, When I’ve already lost full fifteen-year: But I hear the owls call: and my fur’s a-tingle: The Haggard blood is pricking in my veins.
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
The fiery Duke is pricking fast across St. Andre’s plain, With all the hireling chivalry of Guelders and Almayne.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
