spine-tingling

adjective

1. causing a sensation of fear or excitement

Example Sentences

When the cast members were joined on stage by their real-life inspirations, it was a spine-tingling moment.

From The Daily Beast

A spine-tingling tale of a group of tormented men and women forced to live in a house saturated with evil.

From Project Gutenberg

Barrent walked for fifty yards, his spine tingling, expecting momentarily to feel the blow of a needlebeam or a shotgun.

From Project Gutenberg

With a spine-tingling brief blaze of high-frequency sound, Hoskins' oxygen-bottle hit the steel deck.

From Project Gutenberg