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Recent Examples of goose bumps
Every time her vocals seamlessly shifted from a keen voice, sharp as a blade, to a beautiful singing voice, the audience broke out in goose bumps, breath bated.
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024
After their opener, Maddie Musselman, twice a gold medalist, looked up into the crowd and felt goose bumps.
—Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
Birdy performed a version of one of her songs as a ballad, which built into a cascading sequence involving a looper pedal, that gave me goose bumps.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 July 2024
The fire-engine-red convertible that gave you goose bumps on the test-drive has turned into your regular ride.
—Jessica Dulong, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024
After their opener, Maddie Musselman, twice a gold medalist, looked up into the crowd and felt goose bumps.
—Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
Birdy performed a version of one of her songs as a ballad, which built into a cascading sequence involving a looper pedal, that gave me goose bumps.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 22 July 2024
The fire-engine-red convertible that gave you goose bumps on the test-drive has turned into your regular ride.
—Jessica Dulong, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
See All Example Sentences for goose bumps
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“Goose bumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose%20bumps. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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