Literary notes about TINGLE (AI summary)
The word “tingle” in literature functions as a versatile tool that captures both physical sensations and emotional undercurrents. Writers often employ it to evoke a sudden burst of sensory experience—whether it is the sharp sting of pain and shock ([1], [2]) or the delightful thrill that awakes the nerves and stirs hidden emotions ([3], [4], [5]). At times, a tingle signals a reaction to the environment—a gentle breeze or a resonant sound that brings life to a scene ([6], [7], [8])—while in other contexts it underscores moments of inner excitement or reflective nostalgia ([9], [10], [11]). In this way, “tingle” powerfully links the body’s involuntary responses to the depths of a character’s emotional landscape.
- At the same moment came someone who embraced me.' “'Yes; but you gave him a good box on his ear that made it tingle!' “'But I did not know it was you.
— from Andersen's Fairy Tales by H. C. Andersen - The concussion made him tingle all over.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad - At that name, the terrible weariness which deadened Olvir's nerves fell away, and left him a-tingle with life and power.
— from For the White Christ: A Story of the Days of Charlemagne by Robert Ames Bennet - A pleasurable thrill of excitement made Tuppence tingle.
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie - And I was all a-tingle for that word with Gurker.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells - The bead curtains of rain rustled and tinkled about him, awakening his nerves, making his skin flash and tingle.
— from Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos - At the same instant he was dazzled by a great flash of flame, and immediately a deafening roar, crackling, and whistling made his ears tingle.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - A refreshing breeze from the north brushed against his flushed face and brought a tingle to his feverish senses.
— from The Lead of Honour by Norval Richardson - I tingle again from head to foot as my recollection turns that corner, and my pen shakes in my hand.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens - Even the recollection of such an act, after an interval of many years, will make the whole body to tingle.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin - Then the skin of my throat began to tingle as one’s flesh does when the hand that is to tickle it approaches nearer—nearer.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker