A prickling blush of embarrassment. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Even then my body was numbing and prickling from the loss of circulation. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
Hetephras stood waiting patiently for him, skin prickling against the cool air of morning. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Year of The Hyenas by Brad Geagley] Reference
I suddenly felt a prickling sensation all over me. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
He felt a sudden prickling coldness at the thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Worshippers] Reference
The back of his neck was prickling for some reason. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety]]
When he hung up, the prickling sensations continued. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Hand]
A strange chill spread through Mary, prickling her scalp. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
But at the same time I felt anxiety prickling at my stomach. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
Already Svenson could feel the sweat prickling over his body. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]
A thousand needles prickling his skin couldn't have been worse. From Wordnik.com. [Next Door, Next World] Reference
As he did, he felt a peculiar prickling on the back of his neck. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
My hair, which was already prickling, began to rise upon my head. From Wordnik.com. [The Bull From The Sea]
"Snakes!" whispered Rosemary with a sudden prickling of her scalp. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
Rand knew; he did not need goose bumps prickling his skin to know. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
Frost felt the ominous tell-tale prickling at the back of his neck. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
But the prickling came, as it did every time I tried to unwind myself. From Wordnik.com. [Magic X] Reference
She felt a cold prickling of sweat on the small of her back, from guilt?. From Wordnik.com. [1968]
Rowan sat straight up, her entire body cold and prickling-wet with sweat. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety]]
He looked back at the liner, the hairs on the back of his neck prickling. From Wordnik.com. [Angelmass]
During the night, the fullness, numbness, and prickling were much increased. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on the Shaking Palsy] Reference
He felt a prickling in his skin, beads of sweat popping out on his forehead. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Mary felt a sharp prickling in her muscles, and then all at once, a release. From Wordnik.com. [Mary, Mary]
A nervous prickling merged with the pain waves that still lapped at my spine. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
The prickling skin around his ears flushed red hot; his head whirled, rocked. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
Frowning, he approached quickly, feeling the beginnings of a horrible prickling. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
Daoud felt a prickling sensation rise on his neck and spread across his shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: The Holy War] Reference
A prickling chill ran down Ruha's back, and a terrifying possibility occurred to her. From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
But through her laughter Jessica became aware of a prickling sensation down her spine. From Wordnik.com. [Ungrateful Governess]
And the way her nape and upper arms were prickling, trouble was a definite possibility. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety]]
When the acridity of the former is perceived the sensation is more prickling than acrid. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
I asked, trying to shake off the uneasy, prickling feeling that was riding my shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Grave Surprise]
Bishop Ralph felt his shoulders tighten, a curious prickling of the skin around his ears. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
The prickling sensations continued while Patrick had his makeup removed; his skin crawled. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Hand]
Rand had felt a prickling along his backbone as Barthanes spoke, but at the last, he stared. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Hunt]
Even as he was concluding the thought, he felt the familiar, damnable prickling in his mind. From Wordnik.com. [Flinx In Flux]
ROBERTS: So when this prickling of the neck hair, how specific is the information on this threat?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2010] Reference
She was strolling past the stables when she felt a now familiar prickling at the nape of her neck. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
As soon as she left the room, the prickling of Zed withdrawal settled deep in his bones, twisting. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety]]
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