verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a tingling sensation (= a feeling that your skin is stinging slightly )
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She felt a tingling sensation, like a mild electric shock.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
fear
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I jerked back, tingling with fear , feeling it peel off like a strand of elastoplast.
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A tingle of fear mixed with excitement came over me.
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My face was tingling with fear and I felt in imminent need of a toilet-roll.
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I remember walking into the board room tingling with fear and energy.
skin
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She felt heady with excitement, and her skin tingled .
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His fingers wrapped themselves round her ankles, sliding upwards, making her skin tingle .
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So delicate and suggestive was the touch that her skin tingled .
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Her skin was tingling and for some reason or other her face felt flushed.
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She could feel her skin tingling with delighted response.
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Berdichev shivered but stood straighter, his skin still tingling from the shower.
■ VERB
feel
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She felt the tingle in her hands.
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The next few days I felt a curious tingling , itching sensation on my face.
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As always, I felt a rising tingle of excitement as I contemplated the meticulously shorn surfaces of my face.
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Sometimes my lips or fingers feel numb or tingle for no reason. 5.
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If I touch the handheld stimulator to the back of my hand, I feel a slight tingle .
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She could feel her skin tingling with delighted response.
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I feel excited and I tingle everywhere.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A slight breeze rose to cool his scalp, which had been sun-baked, then doused with water until it tingled.
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Berdichev shivered but stood straighter, his skin still tingling from the shower.
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Liz's fingernails were tingling, her nerves crawling with frustration.
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Seldom will you encounter a character who will make your fingers tingle so much in anticipation of closing them around his neck.
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She felt heady with excitement, and her skin tingled.
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Suspense in fiction, that tingling sensation that makes us keep turning the pages, seems to arise in two ways.
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The next few days I felt a curious tingling, itching sensation on my face.
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With every nerve tingling she lowered her hand, barely feeling the comb bite into her palm as her grip tightened.