Example Sentences
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I was more nervous about opening up my medical records to a chatbot than getting my arm pricked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
In a story in “Ladies’ Lunch,” an old woman, disheveled after an outing, looks in a mirror and sees “what Diane Arbus might have seen. She gazed, appalled, and being appalled pricked her interest.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
After our dose of London air, we head back to the laboratory where I have my finger pricked and a sample of blood prepared for examination.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
People blaze a trail so that other people can walk down it without getting pricked by thorns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025
It was the pity of these well-wishers that pricked her eyes.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
