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Pricked meaning

  1. Punctured by small holes.
  2. Listening carefully.

Using Pricked

  • The main meaning on this page is: Punctured by small holes. | Listening carefully.
  • In the example corpus, pricked often appears in combinations such as: pricked with, pricked by, pricked his.

Context around Pricked

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

ears 2× needle 1× suddenly 1× tip 1× tubes 1×

Sentence patterns with Pricked

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

90s and pricked his ears 1× dangerous being pricked by one 1× feeding tubes pricked with invasive 1× finger is pricked by a 1× our ears pricked up when 1× paper were pricked over with 1× s by pricked with a 1× s ears pricked up at 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a used needle 1× after noting how 1× as corbett tells 1× chicago 1983 when 1× continue to roast 1× he spent weeks 1×

Common sentence endings:

a spinning wheel 1× along the lines 1× as a guide 1× disease or infection 1× her younger self 1× invasive iv lines 1×

Words around Pricked

Just before it in the word index:

prick 57 pricing 1.830 pricilla 4 priciest 40 pricier 85 prichard 29

Just after it in the word index:

pricket 3 prickett 4 pricking 10 prickle 2 prickles 8 prickling 7

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaon 19 abbv 19 abdalla 19 abdirahman 19 abdulmalik 19 abhimanyu 19

Corpus analysis for Pricked

  • In this selection, "pricked" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ears, needle and suddenly stand out and add context to how "pricked" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 90s and pricked his ears and dangerous being pricked by one. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pricked" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pricked

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

While doing so, he pricked his hand on a thorn. (10 words)

She ran into one of the sharp leaves of a palm plant, and the tip pricked her forehead. (18 words)

Two decades later, (1959) also took advantage of the camera before any finger is pricked by a spinning wheel. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Continue to roast the chicken for about 45-60 minutes, or until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 165 degrees (F), or when the juices run clear when the thigh is pricked with the tines of a fork. (44 words)

Chicago, 1983 When a final composition was achieved, scaled-up full-size cartoons were often made, which were then pricked with a pin and "pounced" with a bag of soot to leave dotted lines on the surface as a guide. (40 words)

Just as you’d expect from a five-time Academy Award nominee, Adams is convincing from the moment we first see her awakened by a nightmare in which she’s by pricked with a needle by her younger self. (39 words)

Example sentences (15)

As Corbett tells it, Brötzmann went to an NRG Ensemble performance in the mid-’90s and pricked his ears at the fearless saxophonist leading the band.

It's unclear if the needle pricked him, she said, but her son is undergoing precautionary blood tests for the next six months.

Two decades later, (1959) also took advantage of the camera before any finger is pricked by a spinning wheel.

Our ears pricked up when we heard the swish and thud of the morning newspaper against the front gate.

They creep closer to each other for warmth, are pricked by quills and move away, but then get cold again and try to come nearer.

After noting how Knight’s ears pricked up at mention of what must have been gold or copper, she kept returning to it until she convinced him to send an expedition to her people.

It was a view of my aquatic childhood that I had never seen before, and as I looked and looked, drinking in the pictures below, I was surprised by the tears that suddenly pricked my eyes.

She ran into one of the sharp leaves of a palm plant, and the tip pricked her forehead.

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He spent weeks in the intensive care unit — tethered to uncomfortable breathing and feeding tubes, pricked with invasive IV lines.

A used needle on the ground can be dangerous — being pricked by one can lead to disease or infection.

Continue to roast the chicken for about 45-60 minutes, or until a meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 165 degrees (F), or when the juices run clear when the thigh is pricked with the tines of a fork.

Just as you’d expect from a five-time Academy Award nominee, Adams is convincing from the moment we first see her awakened by a nightmare in which she’s by pricked with a needle by her younger self.

Chicago, 1983 When a final composition was achieved, scaled-up full-size cartoons were often made, which were then pricked with a pin and "pounced" with a bag of soot to leave dotted lines on the surface as a guide.

The main lines of a drawing made on paper were pricked over with a point, the paper held against the wall, and a bag of soot (spolvero) banged on them on produce black dots along the lines.

While doing so, he pricked his hand on a thorn.

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Common combinations with pricked

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pricked" in a sentence?
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What does "pricked" mean?
Pricked means: Punctured by small holes.
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