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
Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
Unlike other plumpers, this one leaves a slight tingle rather than an overbearing burning sensation- thank goodness!
—Taylor Lane, StyleCaster, 3 Dec. 2024
David Kesselman, Verywell Health, 24 Mar. 2025
That's nerve damage causing pain, numbness or tingling.
—John Daley, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The world's largest slithering snake is sure to send a tingle down your spine.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
Unlike other plumpers, this one leaves a slight tingle rather than an overbearing burning sensation- thank goodness!
—Taylor Lane, StyleCaster, 3 Dec. 2024
Verb
Sitting in this position can also compress nerves and blood vessels in the legs, causing numbness and tingling.
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—David Kesselman, Verywell Health, 24 Mar. 2025
That's nerve damage causing pain, numbness or tingling.
—John Daley, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tingle
Noun
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Grief arrives in waves — sometimes in quiet tears, sometimes in guttural sobs, sometimes in the simple, brutal ache of reaching for your phone to text her, only to remember a painstaking reality.—
Carissa Talmage,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Headaches and migraines, which are described as tension-type headaches, are common in women and can be associated with other body aches and pains.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Verb
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And that repeating first couplet — which comprises six of the poem’s 18 lines and occupied the first day of this challenge — will surely jingle in your pocket for a long time to come.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Men dressed as 1880s gunfighters are forever clomping up and down wooden sidewalks with jingling spurs and holstered revolvers on their belts.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Dalton feels a pang when the hare bounds past the garden wall.—
Alexandra Alter,
New York Times,
23 Mar. 2025
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Having to walk past those luxurious, roomy, and comfortable-looking lie-flat beds in business-class on your way to economy is enough to trigger a pang of jealousy.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Sure, Italians look darn elegant and effortless sipping a spritz, but that cigar ring clinking the glass is purposefully chosen and those sunglasses (likely bought at the local ottica) weren’t just a quick find at a gas station.—
Nneya Richards,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Mar. 2025
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Kendall Jenner clinks glasses with Billy Dec at the Blueprint Underground Cocktail Club in Nashville, Tennessee on March 13.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Othello might have been shut out from today’s Tony Award nominations, but this news probably takes away a bit of the sting: The Broadway revival starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Kenny Leon has officially recouped its investment.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
1 May 2025
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Teen completes brutal swim across New Zealand’s Cook Strait Californian Maya Merhige, 17, suffered thousands of jellyfish stings during the 14-hour, 27-mile swim.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
Verb
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Shaking the capsules produces audio signals that range from rattling stones, over tinkling coins to swooshing sand.—
Erico Guizzo,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Oct. 2018
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Jeff Goldblum tinkled the ivories during a moving In Memoriam section at the BAFTA Film Awards.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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During raging emotional turmoil in the 1990s, Beth turned to writing to make sense of loss, pain, and a desire to belong.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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The specter of relapse hovers over every blood test, every new ache or pain.—
David Armstrong,
ProPublica,
8 May 2025
Verb
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Trump's tariffs have also rattled consumers, who are increasingly gloomy about the economic outlook.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
2 May 2025
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How the stock market performed in recent presidents' first terms In 2020 as COVID-19 led to shutdowns and layoffs, rattled investors drove down the Dow Jones industrial average by more than 25% in less than two weeks.—
Jim Sergent,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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“Tingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tingle. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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