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Tingled

Tingle \Tin"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tingling.] [Freq. of ting. Cf. Tinkle.]

  1. To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.

    At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
    --1 Sam. iii. 11.

  2. To feel a sharp, thrilling pain.

    The pale boy senator yet tingling stands.
    --Pope.

  3. To have, or to cause, a sharp, thrilling sensation, or a slight pricking sensation.

    They suck pollution through their tingling vein.
    --Tickell.

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tingled

vb. (past participle of tingle English)

Usage examples of "tingled".

There was a husky quality to that voice that tingled her nerves, but she was too sleepy to pick it up.

A shiver ran down her spine as she recalled the touch of his warm mouth on her shoulder, and her skin tingled as if his lips were still pressed there.

Her spine tingled warily, and she left her position by his head to crawl down to his leg, already afraid of what she would find.

She felt him at her back, tall and warm, so intense that her skin tingled whenever he was near.

The heat of his skin tingled against her fingertips despite the coolness of the controlled tem­perature.

Her body tingled, but from barely awakened instincts and needs rather than true knowledge.

Her nerves tingled, the hair at the nape of her neck bristled, she looked up, and there he was.

She still couldn’t see his features clearly, but nevertheless a tiny alarm of recognition tingled through her, and she drew a controlled breath.

Her face tingled where he had touched her, and she remembered the electric sensation when he had put his hand on her breast.

Her blood had started moving faster, her skin tingled, and a subtle heat that had nothing to do with either the sun or the coffee had begun spreading through her body.

Her fingers tingled, and the skin between her fingers throbbed where his tongue had touched.

His hands closed on her waist, and the feel of her, warm and soft, so vibrant that his palms tingled where he touched her, went to his head like a potent wine.

In the week and a half since she had seen him, their lovemaking had begun to seem like a dream, but at the sight of him, her body began throbbing anew as if he had just withdrawn from her and her flesh still tingled from the contact.

When he had turned to face her and those vivid aquamarine eyes had glinted at her, every cell in her body had tingled in recog­nition.

Her nipples tingled from the rasping of his chest hair, and Hope knew it was time to get up.