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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.
  1. 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
  2. The concussion made him tingle all over.
    — from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad
  3. 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
  4. A pleasurable thrill of excitement made Tuppence tingle.
    — from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
  5. And I was all a-tingle for that word with Gurker.
    — from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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

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