as in jingling
to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound
awoke to the steady pitter-patter of raindrops tingling on the rooftop
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Recent Examples of tingling
Laura Dorwart, Health, 22 Dec. 2025
These included tingling at the electrode sites, brief skin irritation, or headache.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 15 Dec. 2025
While autonomous sensory meridian response is the pleasant and even euphoric tingling that some people experience from hearing certain sounds, Stanford researchers are employing something that might seem more mundane, but is every bit as powerful and likely far more useful.
—New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2025
Her voice is a glowing, childlike meep, and her tingling synths massage the inside of the listener’s skull.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Side effects are generally mild and temporary, including skin irritation, headache and tingling sensations at electrode sites, Flow said, adding skin burns have occurred when the device's pads were reused or dried out.
—Kamal Choudhury, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
The disease attacks the central nervous system, disrupting the flow of information between the brain and the body and leading to a range of debilitating symptoms including difficulty walking, fatigue, numbness and tingling, and vision problems.
—Andrew Abrahams, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
This results in muscle weakness, sensory issues, numbness, and tingling.
—Peter Pressman, Verywell Health, 9 Dec. 2025
The star has been open about her symptoms, including numbness and tingling, before her diagnosis, and found comfort in finding a community.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
People with peripheral neuropathy may experience pins and needles sensations, such as tingling and prickling, in their extremities.
—Laura Dorwart, Health, 22 Dec. 2025
These included tingling at the electrode sites, brief skin irritation, or headache.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 15 Dec. 2025
While autonomous sensory meridian response is the pleasant and even euphoric tingling that some people experience from hearing certain sounds, Stanford researchers are employing something that might seem more mundane, but is every bit as powerful and likely far more useful.
—New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2025
Her voice is a glowing, childlike meep, and her tingling synths massage the inside of the listener’s skull.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Side effects are generally mild and temporary, including skin irritation, headache and tingling sensations at electrode sites, Flow said, adding skin burns have occurred when the device's pads were reused or dried out.
—Kamal Choudhury, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
The disease attacks the central nervous system, disrupting the flow of information between the brain and the body and leading to a range of debilitating symptoms including difficulty walking, fatigue, numbness and tingling, and vision problems.
—Andrew Abrahams, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
This results in muscle weakness, sensory issues, numbness, and tingling.
—Peter Pressman, Verywell Health, 9 Dec. 2025
The star has been open about her symptoms, including numbness and tingling, before her diagnosis, and found comfort in finding a community.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tingling
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
Adjective
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But the ones that do get rewarded with a deep, meditative little cocktail, friendlier than a Toronto but still prickly with bitterness and stout with proof, a cocktail worth hunkering down with on these dark and interminable nights of January.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
3 Jan. 2026
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The Devil’s Rope Museum, housed inside what was once a brassiere factory, holds miles of the prickly wire, plus a section devoted to Route 66.—
Pam LeBlanc,
Southern Living,
3 Jan. 2026
Verb
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So the pair took a romp through wine country for Christina’s birthday, clinking glasses at Progeny Winery in Napa Valley and Restoration Hardware in Yountville.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Jan. 2026
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Later on, the younger kids in bed, a gathering of lawn chairs, clinking ice, and summer crickets or cicadas, frogs, whatever, Ray, what is that?—
David Searcy,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Some feel that the movie’s slide into sentiment in its final scenes, with a young German barmaid singing a folk song to an inn full of battle-scarred soldiers, doesn’t quite match the caustic nature of the rest of the story.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
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The technology replaces harsh, high-temperature caustic bleaching with a gentler low-temperature system that preserves the cotton fiber’s natural wax layer.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Eerie chants, tinkling percussion, zany strings, and plucky swelling piano.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With Venus hyping up Mars in your invigorating 10th house, there’s no doubt that eyes are on you.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Jan. 2026
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With surprises aplenty — and a final scene that ranks among Broadway’s most invigorating send-offs of the 21st century — John Proctor is the Villain cast a spell that resonates months after its too-early September 7 closing.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
31 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Then, Oh my gosh, the phones were ringing off the hook.—
Karen Morfitt,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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So far, the Abbey's official website lists the bell-ringing schedule for the first half of the year.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The more stinging irony here is that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping probably approved these public statements with a chuckle.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2026
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Justice Benjamin Curtis, from Massachusetts, wrote a stinging dissent and resigned from the Court shortly afterward, reportedly in part because of the decision.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Tingling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tingling. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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