as in ache
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
can't stand those funny tingles I get when my foot falls asleep
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Recent Examples of tingle
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
The hint of acidity and tingle of mild green chiles is just what this dish needs to cut through the richness of the melty cheese.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Sherri Gordon, Health, 26 Sep. 2025
On both of us, the product lathered up wonderfully and had an invigorating tingling sensation, likely thanks to the line's new PhytoFerment innovation.
—Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The sight sends a paralytic tingle of alarm through her.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
The hint of acidity and tingle of mild green chiles is just what this dish needs to cut through the richness of the melty cheese.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
This can cause itching, tingling, and irritation.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 26 Sep. 2025
On both of us, the product lathered up wonderfully and had an invigorating tingling sensation, likely thanks to the line's new PhytoFerment innovation.
—Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tingle
Noun
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There is even a massage with horses, during which a horse grazes nearby while a massage therapist works out your aches and pains.—
Katie Lockhart,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
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Eye irritation or redness, fever, chills, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, sneezing, shortness of breath, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headaches, diarrhea, nausea or vomiting or rash.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Some say his spurs are still jingling down the hallway, chasing after her.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Oct. 2025
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With real feathers and a jingling bell, this feather cat teaser taps into your cat’s natural hunting instincts.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The friend felt a pang of preëmptive regret.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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These pangs are only compounded by the cliffhanger that concluded Season 2, in which President William Rayburn (Michael McKean) suffered a fatal heart attack and elevated his vice president, Grace Penn (Allison Janney), to the top of the call sheet.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Fashionistas, artists, and business people clink glasses at the bar and claim a corner of a couch to catch up.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
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The sound of laughter and clinking glass pours out of the windows and onto the streets.—
Jonathan Terrell,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And man, have the eight consecutive losses to New Orleans carried a significant sting.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Those examples included a federal drug sting case, a felony assault conviction, crashes resulting in fatalities and the death of a child struck by a fire truck.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Eerie chants, tinkling percussion, zany strings, and plucky swelling piano.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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The soothing, deeply resonant humming of the bowls and sparkling tinkling of chimes filled the room.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For adults, lead poisoning can cause abdominal pain, muscle weakness, kidney dysfunction, and hypertension.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Wehling believed inflammation is at the root of joint pain and that human blood contained a remedy.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Turner would try to rattle Simons at practices, just to test him.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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And, that there was a goblin, squatting in my skull, rattling a metal pail full of bolts and hissing failure, rot, spoil.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Tingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tingle. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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