tingle
verb (used without object)
to have a sensation of slight prickles, stings, or tremors, as from cold, a sharp blow, excitement, etc..
is tingling
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present progressiveof tingle (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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When you’re making something, you feel like the whole world is available material — everything is tingling and anything is possible — and then, once the filming is over, you go back to breakfast tables.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
"Every single nerve is tingling with joy and world peace. How lucky we are to be back at work," said "Hamilton" producer Jeffrey Seller, speaking at the theater.
From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2021
My drama sense is tingling, and not just from that.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2020
You know when you use Crest and your mouth is tingling?
From The Verge ● Jun. 15, 2018
Every one of my senses is tingling as Ms. Saintima asks us to imagine pulling the door of the store open and breathing in the steamy, meat-scented air.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
