spine-tingling

adjective

1. causing a sensation of fear or excitement

Example Sentences

I had thought “spine-tingling” was just a cliché.

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The weigh-in was spine-tingling as the Mancunian stared down Mayweather.

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Wang is the spine-tingling opposite, pure electricity, pure Yuja Wang, the closest we have today to Vladimir Horowitz, who happened to be Rachmaninoff’s Beverly Hills neighbor and favorite pianist.

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Nonetheless his Centre Court victory on 5 July 1975 was hailed as one of those spine-tingling sporting moments that stopped everyone in their tracks, whether a tennis fan or not, and it is being commemorated with a special display at the Wimbledon museum.

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Giant tifos and choreographed displays are common, singing is non-stop and the atmosphere is spine-tingling.

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