tingle
verb (used without object)
to have a sensation of slight prickles, stings, or tremors, as from cold, a sharp blow, excitement, etc..
were tingling
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past progressiveof tingle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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If your Spidey senses were tingling, it’s because “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse” has been removed from Sony calendar as the studio reshuffles it’s 2023-2024 schedule amid the writers’ and actors’ strikes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
But some fans’ spidey senses were tingling about Scarlet Spider, who appears to the far left of Miles and near the front on the new poster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
“My nerves were tingling the entire time,” he said.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2018
His fingers were tingling throughout overtime, and his heart rate was elevated, and after the game, he had to take a walk outside to settle himself down.
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2017
Now my feet were tingling and itching with the cold, too.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
