prickliness
- a word derived from prickly.
Example Sentences
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By contrast, Ms. Lloyd brings a weighty, wary gravitas to Celeste, the group’s only black member, who often radiates a mild prickliness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2025
How did you two work together to establish that mother-daughter rapport and that prickliness?
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024
The ensemble embodies the affection as well as the prickliness of friends who may not have seen each other in a while, but know each other well and may still harbor a resentment or two.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023
And Pailhas plays the supportive sister with just enough prickliness to suggest all the complexity within that fondness.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2023
She didn’t look at him when she said this, but Glerk could feel a cold prickliness emanating from the Witch’s shoulder, and it nearly broke his heart.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
