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Recent Examples of goose bumps
Every time her vocals seamlessly shifted from a keen voice, sharp as a blade, to a beautiful singing voice, the audience broke out in goose bumps, breath bated.
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024
After their opener, Maddie Musselman, twice a gold medalist, looked up into the crowd and felt goose bumps.
—Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
The skin rose on my arms; goose bumps followed.
—airmail.news, 18 May 2024
The triggering of goose bumps varies from person to person, of course.
—Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2014
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Billboard Japan, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024
After their opener, Maddie Musselman, twice a gold medalist, looked up into the crowd and felt goose bumps.
—Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
The skin rose on my arms; goose bumps followed.
—airmail.news, 18 May 2024
The triggering of goose bumps varies from person to person, of course.
—Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2014
See All Example Sentences for goose bumps
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“Goose bumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose%20bumps. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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