Tingling
['tɪŋɡlɪŋ] or ['tɪŋgl]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tingle
Checker: Shelia
Examples
- I must be my own mamma, said Rebecca; not without a tingling consciousness of defeat, as she thought over her little misadventure with Jos Sedley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Certainly a gray mist swirled before my eyes, and when it cleared I found my collar-ends undone and the tingling after-taste of brandy upon my lips. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The snow was over, and a tingling wind had sprung up, that lashed his face as he stood gazing. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- And what said Tingling-Tossing-Aching-Screaming-Scratching-Smarter? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Tingling with anger, I rushed down and hurried across, determined to end the matter once and forever. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- When Mrs. Casaubon was announced he started up as from an electric shock, and felt a tingling at his finger-ends. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The bread and meat were acceptable, and the beer was warming and tingling, and I was soon in spirits to look about me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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