tingled; tingling
ˈtiŋ-g(ə-)liŋ 
1
a
: to feel a ringing, stinging, prickling, or thrilling sensation
b
: to cause such a sensation
2
plural tingles
: a tingling sensation : a usually slight ringing, stinging, prickling, or thrilling sensation
She felt a tingle of excitement/anticipation.
It offers the palate-pleasing tingle of a bubbly soda with a much-simplified ingredient list of often nothing more than water and carbonation.—
Chelsey Dulaney
Chelsey DulaneySoon my thinking cleared up, but the surges renewed—pain, and a frisson of electricity around the eye, into the cheek, a vague tingle.—Sallie Tisdale
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Examples of tingle in a Sentence
Verb
My arm was numb and tingling.
awoke to the steady pitter-patter of raindrops tingling on the rooftop
Noun
can't stand those funny tingles I get when my foot falls asleep
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Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Depending on the location and type of nerve damage, this may feel like pain, tingling, numbness, loss of touch sensations in the hands and feet, or inability to feel temperature changes.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Nov. 2024
Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
Any horror novel worth its salt should make the heart race and the spine tingle, as if a great, hairy spider was skittering along each vertebrae.
—Jordan Kopy, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Tongue tingling acidity and huddled tannins that keep this flavor matrix intact.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Depending on the location and type of nerve damage, this may feel like pain, tingling, numbness, loss of touch sensations in the hands and feet, or inability to feel temperature changes.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
Certainly there is beauty and awe to fill anyone’s soul, but does a chill draft blow through there as well, leeching ice into the spirit and sending a frisson of tingles down one’s spine?
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2024
Any horror novel worth its salt should make the heart race and the spine tingle, as if a great, hairy spider was skittering along each vertebrae.
—Jordan Kopy, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Tingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tingle. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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tingle
verb
tin·gle
ˈtiŋ-gəl
tingled; tingling
ˈtiŋ-g(ə-)liŋ
: to feel or cause a prickling or thrilling sensation
tingle
noun
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