spine-tingling

adjective

causing a sensation of fear or excitement

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How to use spine-tingling in a sentence

When the cast members were joined on stage by their real-life inspirations, it was a spine-tingling moment.
Women in the World: Day One | Olivia Cole | March 13, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
A spine-tingling tale of a group of tormented men and women forced to live in a house saturated with evil.
Ten From Infinity | Paul W. Fairman
Barrent walked for fifty yards, his spine tingling, expecting momentarily to feel the blow of a needlebeam or a shotgun.
The Status Civilization | Robert Sheckley
With a spine-tingling brief blaze of high-frequency sound, Hoskins' oxygen-bottle hit the steel deck.
Breaking Point | James E. Gunn

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