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
Erin Parker, Allure, 3 Jan. 2025
The world's largest slithering snake is sure to send a tingle down your spine.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Feb. 2025
Additional symptoms of diabetes mellitus include excessive hunger, blurry vision, wounds that are slow to heal, numbness or tingling in the hands or feet, and/or unintentional weight loss.
—Danielle Weiss, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Powered by pink clay and charcoal, Amika Reset Pink Charcoal Scalp Cleansing Oil gently absorbs impurities while soothing with a refreshing menthol tingle that takes wash day to luxurious new heights.
—Erin Parker, Allure, 3 Jan. 2025
The world's largest slithering snake is sure to send a tingle down your spine.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
Verb
Numbness or weakness in legs: Nerve compression due to weakened bones or fractures can lead to numbness, tingling, or weakness in the legs.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Feb. 2025
Additional symptoms of diabetes mellitus include excessive hunger, blurry vision, wounds that are slow to heal, numbness or tingling in the hands or feet, and/or unintentional weight loss.
—Danielle Weiss, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tingle
Noun
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Many people with babesiosis don’t feel sick or have symptoms, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but some may experience flu-like symptoms such as a fever, chills, sweating, body aches, appetite loss, nausea or fatigue.—
Natalie Jones,
Baltimore Sun,
30 May 2025
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Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headaches, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 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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But my heart – and stomach – no longer feel that pang of homesickness because this year, my husband figured out how to bring the crawfish boil to the Rocky Mountains, with help from the Louisiana Crawfish Company.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
19 May 2025
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Keeping Jesse at a distance, his face and other distinguishing features out of frame, allows the viewer to remember when Joel was able to come to Ellie’s aid, and seeing Jesse’s entrance from her vantage point provides a little pang of grief-tinged nostalgia.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 May 2025
Verb
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After more than two centuries clinking in pockets, lining dusty piggy banks and being flung into fountains along with a wish, the U.S. penny is preparing for retirement.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Even after hours in the hot sun, the ice inside is still clinking around.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Denver remained his target despite the sting of not being drafted or initially signed by the Broncos.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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This mindset change removes the sting of rejection and increases outreach volume.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Verb
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The background music, pleasantly tinkled nightly by a real person sitting at a real piano, mixes in pop melodies alongside the Broadway classics and jazz standards.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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Another smaller-scale way to protect plants is to strategically redirect your pet's attention, especially if they're tempted to tinkle in the garden.—
Maddie Topliff,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 May 2025
Noun
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Winant crystallizes this idea of crossing a indescribable threshold through her discussion and analysis of masochism, an intrinsic component of athletic practice that intertwines physical pleasure with pain.—
Jessica Simmons-Reid,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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The primary question negotiators must settle is how to share the pain of shrinking water supplies between the Upper Basin — which includes Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah — and the Lower Basin states of Arizona, California and Nevada.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
31 May 2025
Verb
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The chill in investor confidence spread to the stock market, but several announcements from Trump about tariffs rattled stocks deeper.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The booms rattle windows, frighten pets, and have raised concerns about threats to the structural integrity of private homes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2025
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“Tingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tingle. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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