Fence all in pricking wire of sneers. From Wordnik.com. [The Fiddler and the Dogs] Reference
The Brits actually thought they could defeat the Nazis by "pricking" them to death. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
"A present?" repeated Plunger, pricking up his ears. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
To the left strode a handsome bay with pricking ears. From Wordnik.com. [Riders of the Silences] Reference
The fiery Duke is pricking fast across St. Andre's plain. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
Bake crust on the outside of pan, first pricking with a fork. From Wordnik.com. [The Community Cook Book] Reference
'Swimming' and 'pricking' were the approved modes of discovery. From Wordnik.com. [The Superstitions of Witchcraft] Reference
"What do you mean by that?" cried Claudet, pricking up his ears. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Oh, have I?" cried Nan, the spur pricking sharply at her pride. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
Then came the pricking of ten thousand tiny needles in his limbs. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
A wash of gratitude passes over her guilt, pricking it to life again. From Wordnik.com. [Suspicion] Reference
See! the natives are pricking them up with the points of their spears. From Wordnik.com. [The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West] Reference
"Aha!" returned d'Aguilhe, pricking up his ears, and saying to himself. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
Vaslav felt teeth pricking; some punctured his skin and he began to bleed. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Man and the Shark] Reference
Bring corners of the dough to the top of the apples and seal by pricking with. From Wordnik.com. [Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking] Reference
He had him by the ear and was pricking him with his sabre in the fleshy parts. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
He spoke to her, and one of her pricking ears fell back as if to listen to his voice. From Wordnik.com. [Riders of the Silences] Reference
If you don't mind pricking your finger, you can instantly check your cholesterol at home. From Wordnik.com. [Health | From Harvard Med] Reference
The spur he uses for pricking himself, which he fancies enables him to keep up with the hounds. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1] Reference
And the Greeks, in close array, have not gone far from them, for now they are spurring and pricking. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
On Little Fox side he stood, a ludicrous object, with the pin-points of light pricking the darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Honour to Queen Elizabeth, who is said to have bled to death by only pricking her finger with a needle. From Wordnik.com. [A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses] Reference
The salt should first be dissolved in a cup of warm water to prevent the sharp particles from pricking the skin. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
"Mean what, you silly?" replied Catherine, crossly realizing that every girl within hearing distance was pricking up her ears. From Wordnik.com. [Judy of York Hill] Reference
Will he push ahead with Tehran's nuclear program and move from bleeding the United States in Iraq to pricking it in Afghanistan?. From Wordnik.com. [11: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] Reference
They were building a nest inside our walls, itching, pin-pricking, squeaking to the querulous demands of their squat black queen. From Wordnik.com. [HOUSE OF DREAMS] Reference
A chill passed over him and the blood froze in his veins; at every fresh noise he felt as if a million pins were pricking his scalp. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
When Vaslav felt the teeth pricking on both sides of his torso, he became hysterical and tried to wrestle his way out of Sergei's mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Man and the Shark] Reference
Which three things being well (to omit Instances of Demonstration) and narrowly observed, will be very helpful both in pricking and ringing. From Wordnik.com. [The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing] Reference
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