as in jingling
to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound
awoke to the steady pitter-patter of raindrops tingling on the rooftop
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Recent Examples of tingling
Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Some people have no symptoms, but others may feel pain, tingling, numbness or muscle weakness.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
For some people, this arousal feels like a tingling sensation.
—Erika W. Smith, Refinery29, 7 Aug. 2025
Consumers with food allergies should stop eating the product and should seek medical attention or use emergency medication such as epinephrine for any reactions or symptoms, including hives, skin rash, itching or tingling mouth, coughing, trouble breathing, nausea, facial swelling, or anaphylaxis.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
On both of us, the product lathered up wonderfully and had an invigorating tingling sensation, likely thanks to the line's new PhytoFerment innovation.
—Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Some people have no symptoms, but others may feel pain, tingling, numbness or muscle weakness.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
For some people, this arousal feels like a tingling sensation.
—Erika W. Smith, Refinery29, 7 Aug. 2025
Consumers with food allergies should stop eating the product and should seek medical attention or use emergency medication such as epinephrine for any reactions or symptoms, including hives, skin rash, itching or tingling mouth, coughing, trouble breathing, nausea, facial swelling, or anaphylaxis.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tingling
Verb
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But there is a big part of me that just needs a photo of Martin Scorsese and alt-comic Robby Hoffman clinking their Emmy statues together.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
6 Sep. 2025
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Of course, this stat includes the myriad styles of chardonnay, even if our collective imagination pictures throngs of stereotypical oaky chard drinkers clinking glasses while snacking on sticks of butter.—
Devin Parr,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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So start scrolling to discover the products our touchiest of testers trust with their prickly complexions.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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When the sun sets in the Pacific Northwest, indigo skies push up against a treeline of prickly Douglas firs and spacious hemlocks.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Eerie chants, tinkling percussion, zany strings, and plucky swelling piano.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Sweet Dove Died is more caustic than anything else Pym wrote.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Likely less caustic is Bryan Washington’s Palaver, his third novel, about a gay man living in Japan whose mother appears in his life after a period of estrangement.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The phone could be ringing off the hook, as relatives call to check in or come over for a nice dinner.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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His phone, both work and personal, has not stopped ringing, and his social media accounts are flooded with comments and messages about the Times list.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In 1979, Birkin began an affair with the filmmaker Jacques Doillon, who was thirty-five to her thirty-two—an invigorating change from Gainsbourg, eighteen years her senior.—
Anahid Nersessian,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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That said, there are far less invigorating ways to watch a good movie go off the rails than to put yourself in the hand of Schnabel.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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No rattling wheels, no jolts, just a smooth, whisper-quiet ride.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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At Chapman University, senior Zack Dell said the assassination has been rattling.—
Hanna Kang,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Marques Brownlee, known as MKBHD on YouTube and other social media channels, has already boiled down his thoughts to a stinging verdict.—
Alex Harrington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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While Bernhardt praises her gifts, the French diva doesn’t hold back in her stinging criticism of the production, calling it the same old prewar Italian theater, out of touch with the times.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Tingling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tingling. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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