How To Use Prickle In A Sentence

Common knapweed is like a pretty thistle without prickles. Times, Sunday Times
Now he puts the light sounds with something else remembered, with primrose, with laughter, and down through him a prickle runs and it seems to stop in his belly, below him.
When mixed in among boundary plants it may even enhance security as the branches bear hooked prickles which reduce its tactility.
He told me of one disciplinary action where students had to carry timber in bare feet across an oval, which had a lot of bindi-eye in the turf (bindi-eye is a particularly unpleasant little prickle which blooms around October in these parts).
For just a moment Silver felt a prickle of unease about her choice of this man, but it was too late for doubts now.

Her healing stomach itched and prickled with a stinging burn.
The air was cool; her skin prickled from the air and from fear.
The rough cloth prickled my skin.
Maddock felt his eyes prickle with emotion as looked at the fallen man in front of him, but he reminded himself that now wasn't the time.
M. Naudin states, that a certain kind of furze or thistle, of which cattle are very fond, may be made to grow without thorns -- an important consideration, seeing that at present, before it can be used as food, it has to undergo a laborious beating, to crush and break the prickles with which it is covered. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 Volume 18, New Series, July 31, 1852
I felt its coarse hairs prickle my neck ... Smell of wet earth ... My belly writhed.
_second glume_ is as long as the first, oblong, coriaceous, keeled, with hyaline and ciliolate margins, 1-nerved (sometimes 3-nerved, marginal faint), and with minute prickles on the keel. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
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The prickle of a ward rushed over me, and I felt myself wincing in expectation. Crossed
Nicole's skin prickled with the emotion that she felt radiating from Jadelyn.
She felt the corner of her eyes prickle and her nose tingled as tiny tears slipped down her cheek, mingling with the blood.
Due to the proposed similarity in function among thorns, spines, and prickles, we will hereafter generically refer to all plants bearing them as armed.
They started out with Prickle-Eye Bush from their first recording, six years ago, and were joined on stage by a sword swallower, before treating Cold Blows the Wind to an arrangement that mixed jazzy swing from the brass section with edgy playing from the three fiddlers. Bellowhead/Baghdaddies – review
She felt a prickle of fear as she realized that she was alone.
The thistle is armed with sharp prickles; the mallow is soft and woolly. Hymns in Prose for Children
Power radiates from it, cold and razor-thorned, prickles against her skin, her face. Black Dust Mambo
Because of its prickles the Boers call the mimosa the "wait-a-bit" thorn, but there was no thought of waiting a bit among the 12th Lancers at the Berea, when they charged the savage Basutos and captured their chief Moshesh. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places
The hairs on the back of my neck prickled when I heard the door open.
A cold breeze prickled his face.
The cowitch, as mentioned before, has a velvety brown covering of minute prickles, which, if touched, enter the pores of the skin and cause a painful tingling. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries
He prickled at the suggestion that it had been his fault.
Seemingly knowing she was petrified, he removed his grasp, let his hand slide up her arm to tangle with her hair, and Linden felt gooseflesh prickle her skin.
I could actually feel my body prickle, my stomach grow knuckles and my skin start to blotch and swell.
She felt herself prickle at his tone of voice.
I have nothing against thorns and prickles so long as you can admire them from a safe distance.
The fruit can be eaten once the prickles have been removed.
It took my editor to point out to me that I’d made the protagonist’s skin prickle at least six times in my current ms. Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Alpha and Omega
They made their way through the hedges, Valerie being careful to avoid the painful prickles of the thorns.
The energy prickled across my skin, and by the funny feelings on my scalp, I was sure my hair was standing on end.
The thought of meeting him made her prickle with excitement.
The rough cloth prickled my skin.
Fear prickled at the nape of her neck as the hairs there rose.
I grimaced and turned around starting to feel the winter freeze prickle the exposed back of my neck.
My eyes prickle with tears, and I have to stop myself from waking her up to remind her of my love.
The gourds or fruits, which are about 5 cm long, yellowish-white, and prickled on the upper part, are cooked as a vegetable, notably in Peru.
My cheeks prickled with heat at the embarrassing circumstances we were caught in.
The epidermis of prickles was found to be highly lignified and covered with a thick cuticle.
The scream sent a prickle down my spine.
With her window open the cold night air prickled her skin and blew through her long calico red hair.
A certain plant in China , for instance , has prickly leaves, and each prickle contains poisonous venom.
It prickled over my flesh with the delicate brutality of thorns, delicious and sinful and utterly him. Brush of Darkness
Its short binate leaves, the persistent long prickles of its cone, and its tough branches, combine to distinguish this Tine from its associates.
She felt a prickle of fear as she realized that she was alone.
He prickled at the suggestion that it had been his fault.
When divided, they take the name of Furca, forks or forked prickles; and are called bifid, trifid, &c. from the num - ber of divisions. The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...
Her shirt clung to her petit frame, causing the skin to prickle and become clammy.
The air is warm and soupy and prickles my shoulders as I wait.
There was a sweltering heat that prickled his back and the back of his neck.
In the big spotted cats he recognized the hereditary enemy, and, even before he was thrust into the cage, his neck was all a-prickle as the skin nervously tightened and the hair uprose stiff-ended. CHAPTER XXIX
Some diagnostic features can be easily mistaken for others: short hairs for prickles, small glands and druses for papillae, etc.
Consequently it has been allowed to go its own way for the past few years, although I know the time is coming when I will have to don long sleeves and heavy gloves and get amongst the prickles to do some sorting out.
We fished for the pricklebacks (Cebidichthys violaceous) with poke poles -- long old-fashioned bamboo poles or modern plastic telescoping poles -- with short wire leaders and hooks baited with squid.
Latahna held her robe around her and stayed close to the wall, gripping the rough stonework as the hay prickled her arms.
He felt his heartbeat pick up a little and a clammy prickle of sweat on his palms and under his armpits. T2: INFILTRATOR
His skin prickled, as if with an electric current, for hot rage ate into his soul. Purple Springs
He felt his heartbeat pick up a little and a clammy prickle of sweat on his palms and under his armpits. T2: INFILTRATOR
He felt sweat prickle on his forehead.
The thought made her prickle with excitement.
Ezek. 28: 24, sallon ', properly a "prickle," such as is found on the shoots of the palm tree. Easton's Bible Dictionary
Be careful—the chestnut burs can prickle your fingers.
I had just buckled up when I felt the tiny prickles of anxiety that are the first signs of approaching panic.
Turner started to be worried and felt the back of his neck prickle.
Due to the proposed similarity in function among thorns, spines, and prickles, we will hereafter generically refer to all plants bearing them as armed.
The thickened lamina and stiffer tissues that make up veins may, therefore, provide increased mechanical support for the leaf prickles of A. spinosa.
A prickle's at my skin that tells me here is dool, and John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
She felt her eyes prickle. 'It was awful,' she whispered.
Pathologically the first change noted in the epidermis is thought to be an acanthosis, followed by epithelial atrophy, and a hyperkeratosis, intercellular edema, and colloid degeneration of the prickle cells. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine
But a moment later I feel the prickle of seven steely glances boring into the nape of my neck.
The bristly hair in your mustache prickles my skin, itching a bit.
The distinctive, colourless animal with white prickles, red eyes and pink feet is being treated with antibiotics at the Withington Hedgehog Hospital on Parsonage Road.
The room was a little cold, and the sweat chilled him, causing his skin to prickle.
My teeth chattered a bit and goose bumps prickled my skin, but I ignored it.
I felt a hot prickle of embarrassment spread across my cheeks.
As if struck by invisible lightning, she felt her whole body tense and prickle with reaction.
So they add defences - thistles have prickles and tough leaves, nettles have stings, other plants have toxins.
The woollen cloth prickles .
All four kids prickled at the detective's dismissal.
In some few caterpillars the poison spines take the form of balls armed with short prickles and one large spike; hence they are known as caltrop spines (fig. 2, C), from their likeness to the cruel weapons, known as caltrops, which used to be scattered over the ground in time of war to repel the attacks of cavalry; the spikes forced their way into the horses 'feet when trampled on, and so disabled them. Chatterbox, 1905.
The rough cloth prickled my skin.
My ears prickled at the sound of the masculine voice from behind me.
Whenever I was with him, guilt crept through my every inch of me, making my skin prickle and hair stand on end.
It outcompetes forage grasses, and its thornlike prickles pose a threat to workers picking vegetable crops in infested areas.
Not everything in the garden is, or should be, lovely - a bit of aggression goes a long way towards introducing drama into the prettiest plot, with spikes, spears, prickles and thorns providing sublime savagery in the flower beds.
On Tuesday we had a barbeque, the sun prickled my skin and the barbeque filled my stomach, the sky was as blue as Colin Bell's shirt and the beer stopped me from cooking along with the sausages.
One time, I had to run as the security guard's lights aimed in my direction, and I dove head first into a prickle bush to get hidden in time.
The intertidal zone supplies fishermen with surf perch, cabezons, blennies, rock fish, pricklebacks, mussels and sea urchins.
The prickley pear cactus is in bloom and besides their beauty, quail and javalina love to feed on their blossoms. What are the best states and best areas within the state for quail hunting? Are Rattlers a problem?
When she stepped out of the alley, she immediately felt the hair on the back of her neck prickle.
The fleece is so cut that the wool around the base of the legs and backside runs in a continuous line, from which it is easy to strip the dags, the stains and the prickles.
The first stage is rapid, vigorous growth characterized by unusually dense formation of prickles on stems and canes.
I rubbed the spot where the burr had prickled him, still talking in his ear.
A wave of prickles traveled down her spine, forcing her to shudder on the spot.
The scream sent a prickle down my spine.
We rode the elevator with a junior lieutenant whose skin prickled at the sound of my respirator. Archive 2005-05-08
I remember the prickle of excitement on my skin when listening to ‘Dookie’ in science class ten years ago; this very nearly brings it all back.
Her face stung from the cold, her arms prickled, and she shivered slightly.
She lay on the grass and the stiff dry grass prickled the back of her legs.
The fruit can be eaten once the prickles have been removed.
She looked up at me, and I felt a little prickle of… something.
I'd regained total control of my body, and now tingled all over as my skin prickled into awareness, but I wasn't nearly as cold.
Similar to the color traits, plant prickles were also evaluated for individual organs including stem, leaf, and flower and fruit calyxes.
He felt sweat prickle on his forehead.
When he was outside in darkness, lifting a peat from his stack or strolling down the lane from Elspeth's cottage, it made his neck-hairs prickle.
Earlier he tried pushing his nose against it and it had felt all prickly even though he couldn't see any prickles.
So he rotch down, an 'he rotch down, twell he git a good hold on dat pricklesome stem of dat bestest pumpkin whut in de patch, an' he jes yank dat stem wid all he might. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories
Two such methods include coiling the body around the eggs (pricklebacks and gunnels) and covering the eggs with algae (temperate sculpins and wrasses).
I felt the hot prickle of fear down my spine as I helped the sergeant. get the beasts inspanned - they were horses, thank God; bullocks would have been useless if we were going to have to cut out as fast as Moran seemed to think we must. Watershed
A. tuberculata is a Mediterranean species, whose shell is covered with tubercles rather than spines or prickles, and which is another kind with a red inhabitant, well known at Naples as fasolare.
Two species of Castaneae occur in these woods, one with very stout thorns to its cupula, and not eatable fruit; the other has long slender prickles, and its fruit about the size of an acorn, is eatable, and not at all disagreeable. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
A flush prickled over my cheeks as he raised a brow. Brush of Darkness
The hairs on the back of my neck prickled with fear.
Two such methods include coiling the body around the eggs (pricklebacks and gunnels) and covering the eggs with algae (temperate sculpins and wrasses).
As if struck by invisible lightning, she felt her whole body tense and prickle with reaction.
The passage's haughty assurance raised a prickle of annoyance in Jeremiah.
Pricklebacks are slithery, elusive and ugly as sin, but their taste is little short of divine.
These are known as prickle cells because of the bridges by which they are connected to one another. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 2. The Common Integument
The soft, nonprickle material will help your feet to breathe, keeping them dry and odour-free. The Sun
They cooked his favorite meals, they read him stories, they brought him tunas, the succulent cactus fruit encased in a prickled dark purple husk that had to be opened very carefully and expertly. The Painter's Wife, a short story
He opened his eyes and found him self lying on the merge of the cold-water tank, amongst a crowd of people all laughing at him; for his prickle was at point and the napkin had slipped from his middle. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
It outcompetes forage grasses, and its thornlike prickles pose a threat to workers picking vegetable crops in infested areas.
Tara could feel the vibration crawling along her skin underneath her suit, the prickle of radiation that felt like standing too close to a stereo speaker. Rogue Oracle
Similar to the color traits, plant prickles were also evaluated for individual organs including stem, leaf, and flower and fruit calyxes.
His thoughts were irrational but even so the hairs on the back of his neck had again begun to tingle and prickle with cool fear.
It's difficult to hear that line without feeling a prickle of excitement.
He growled, and I felt a prickle of fear, he had never talked to me like this before.
She prickled at the implication that she had led a soft and protected life.
Hide could hear the tanned man chuckle to the cop in a friendly manner; something in the tone caused Hide's skin to prickle.
I pushed aside the prickle of guilt, willing him to continue. Haven
A prickle caught my T-shirt and I pulled the shirt off the prickle and crawled.
As if struck by invisible lightning, she felt her whole body tense and prickle with reaction.
The flash of power ripples through me, coursing through my internal channels, pushing the boundaries of my skill at controlling it, feeling every nerve in my body prickle at its presence.
Indians, — Ed. Page view page image: crenated and oblong, rather more obtuce at it's opex than the base or insertion, it's margin armed with prickles while it's disks are hairy, its insertion decurrent and position declineing. the flower is also dry and mutilated the pericarp seems much like that of the common thistle it rises to the hight of from Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806
Prickles on the adaxial and abaxial leaflet surfaces of A. spinosa are associated with all reticulate vein orders.
He stopped screaming, but fear prickled his skin and raised goosebumps despite the overwhelming heat.
Additionally, plants such as Rosa multiflora Thunb. exhibited different colors of prickles both among individual plants and on different stem segments of an individual plant.
Its name reflects the fact that its back bears numerous prickles and thorns sticking up from button-like bases known as bucklers.
Woollen clothes often prickle my skin.
Even as she spoke, the hair at the nape of my neck prickled; she was calling the ley again. Arcane Circle
Structurally, therefore, leaf prickles of A. spinosa resemble the stem prickles of this species as described by Davies and White.
She felt the back of her neck prickle with fear, yet somehow she saw that she was walking towards him.
There was a look - a distinct one - that made me feel a prickle of suspicion.
I washed dishes, cleaned floors, read stories… through the whole of that long day… I prickled with guilt.
The big boots lumbering into the shallow water caused sea-eggs of green and lavender to move solemnly on the bottom with raylike prickles erect. Where the Sun Swings North
I placed the post in an ackee tree with prickles.
The reeds are full of cowitch (_Dolichos pruriens_), the pods of which are covered with what looks a fine velvety down, but is in reality a multitude of fine prickles, which go in by the million, and caused an itching and stinging in the naked bodies of those who were pulling the tow-rope, that made them wriggle as if stung by a whole bed of nettles. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864
I think it's relevant in the sense that the ouchy side-effects could be seen as a manifestation of guilt or anxiety on the part of the practitioner - prickles of conscience realising themselves through events.
Two such methods include coiling the body around the eggs (pricklebacks and gunnels) and covering the eggs with algae (temperate sculpins and wrasses).
The hairs on the back of my neck prickled with fear.
So he rotch 'down, an' he rotch 'down, twell he git' a good hold on dat pricklesome stem of dat bestest pumpkin whut in de patch, an 'he jes yank' dat stem wid all he might. Humorous Ghost Stories
I sat there and my blood prickled like pine straw in my veins, in my heart. Where You Lay Your Dreams
My scalp began to prickle as I realized the horrible truth.
He felt his heartbeat pick up a little and a clammy prickle of sweat on his palms and under his armpits. T2: INFILTRATOR
Well, it is a type of plant that has small leaves and long prickles, and it blooms some small red flowers.
To her horror, her throat tightened and her eyes prickled with the threat of oncoming tears. Healing the Highlander
A wave of calmness ran through his body and prickled as it reached the ends of his limbs.
She ignored the small prickle of pain, thinking that Apika would surely have an antidote.
My heartbeat accelerated while a thin layer of sweat prickled my neck.
I reached out a hand (why worry about falling now?) and grabbed a berry, scratching my hand slightly on the prickles.
About the middle of the last age, an inveterate ulcer was touched and cured by a holy prickle of the holy crown: 53 the prodigy is attested by the most pious and enlightened Christians of France; nor will the fact be easily disproved, except by those who are armed with a general antidote against religious credulity. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Of this the capsule, about an inch in length, is covered with soft prickles or hair, opens like a bivalve shell, and contains in its cavities a dozen or more seeds, the size of grape-stones, thickly covered with a reddish farina, which is the part that constitutes the dye. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
The hair on the nape of my neck prickled as she called to that ley energy and a pulse answered her. Arcane Circle

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