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tingle

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verb

as in to jingle
to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound awoke to the steady pitter-patter of raindrops tingling on the rooftop

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Noun
There’s nothing like that implacable tingle, that crawling dread, of films like these. Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2024 Lastly, Dr Rashid drives home the importance of speaking up if something doesn’t feel right, burns or tingles. Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 23 July 2024
Verb
After 20 minutes of work, Harris started to feel a tingling sensation in his legs. Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 Taking vitamin B6 in higher doses (greater than 200 milligrams a day) has been associated with neurological side effects like muscle weakness, sensitivity to touch, and numbness or tingling in the hands, feet, and other body parts.14 3. Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tingle 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tingle
Noun
  • Individuals experiencing a milder form of the illness typically report symptoms including fever, muscle aches, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Sneezing is more common with a cold, while fever, body aches, and fatigue (extreme exhaustion) are more common with the flu.
    Brandi Jones, MSN-Ed, Health, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Cabello would have fit right in on the Rabanne spring 2025 runway, where dresses jingled and jangled down the catwalk, including one that scattered flakes of gold leaf as the model moved.
    Violet Goldstone, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Shimmering dresses dripping with embellishments jingled their way down the majority of catwalks — bad news for fans of the French exit.
    Scarlett Conlon, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • But sometimes your best dinner-planning efforts can’t stave off those hunger pangs.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 28 Oct. 2024
  • British Rating: 9/10 — Anyone who has ever experienced the vicious wild parakeets of London will experience a horrifying pang of recognition.
    Hannah Strong, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2024
Verb
  • With the sound of clinking wine glasses, tastes of inventive veggies, and the voice of an award-winning chef, the Courier Journal's new dinner series kicked off Sunday at a popular Highlands restaurant.
    Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Tears flooded Ye’s eyes as the group clinked glasses of champagne at 9:30 a.m.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • While most people are not allergic to stings from wasps, bees and other insects, irritation and pain can be intense and stings can swell and remain painful for days, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Satire stings best when dipped in embarrassing realities.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Gone is Greenwell’s glittering ceremony, the long sentences tinkling with semicolons.
    Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The cocktail hour’s soundtrack was a mariachi band, Los Campos, and loads of tinkling marimba by Tono 13.
    Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2024
Noun
  • Life itself, with all its toil, drudgery, tragedy, and pain, is weighty enough.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Although prescription opioids are effective for managing pain, their use can lead to some patients developing substance use disorders.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Trump, who has held an edge on the economy in most polls, has been going full bore on the issue, proposing a bevy of individual tax breaks and general tariffs that could rattle the world of international trade.
    Tobias Burns, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Just before our trip began, a group of St. Louis Neo Nazis had draped swastikas on an overpass in an act of pre-election saber rattling.
    Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Tingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tingle. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.

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