prickle
noun
a sharp point.
Example Sentences
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And yet reminders of a rather weighty August 1 trade deadline have prickled through Angel Stadium across this weekend series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2023
As we stared into their murky depths, a sudden gust of steam stung the eyes and prickled the skin.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2019
The skin prickled on the back of my neck, an involuntary reaction to what roboticists call the “uncanny valley”—the space between flesh and blood and a too-human machine.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019
My skin prickled again upon hearing the news, but this time, as I breathed out, I felt a calm sweep over me.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2017
Then she closed her eyes and several things happened at once: Harry’s scar prickled painfully; the Horcrux twitched so that the front of his sweater actually moved; the dark, fetid room dissolved momentarily.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
