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Recent Examples of goose bumps
Inside, the place that had been so hot as to be nearly unbearable on that morning 50 years ago was mostly empty, and the air-conditioning was cranked high enough to give me goose bumps.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
About the power of music to momentarily make time stand still and evoke goose bumps by washing away the dust of everyday life.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
Every one of them is liable to give you goose bumps or knock your shoulders back.
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Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2024
The triggering of goose bumps varies from person to person, of course.
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Jeremy Hsu,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 June 2014
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
About the power of music to momentarily make time stand still and evoke goose bumps by washing away the dust of everyday life.
—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
Every one of them is liable to give you goose bumps or knock your shoulders back.
—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2024
The triggering of goose bumps varies from person to person, of course.
—
Jeremy Hsu,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 June 2014
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 5 Jul. 2026.
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