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Pricking is an English word with synonyms like prick or puncture. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Pricking in a sentence

Related words

Pricking | Prickly | Prick | Pricked | Pricks

Pricking meaning

present participle and gerund of prick

Synonyms of Pricking

prick puncture

Related words

Other words often associated with Pricking or its synonyms:

pierce motherfucker hole dickhead mishap deprecate sob make decompress asshole mischance prickle

Using Pricking

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of prick
  • Useful related words include: prick, puncture.
  • In the example corpus, pricking often appears in combinations such as: pricking the.

Context around Pricking

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

tears 1× ears 1× involved 1× gently 1× essence 1× note 1×

Often after:

eggs 1×

Sentence patterns with Pricking

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

concerned about pricking my tongue 1× in essence pricking the water 1× motorists ears pricking in traditional 1× needle for pricking the skin 1× sensation involved pricking the skin 1× skin and pricking the area 1× they note pricking is the 1× toes gently pricking into the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

allergists do skin 1× i turned to 1× in a move 1× in prior smaller 1× lancet a fine 1× licensed methods of 1×

Common sentence endings:

as liquid paraffin 1× for six months 1× heartlands like london 1× into the ice 1× of it ruling 1× pricking the skin 1×

Words around Pricking

Just before it in the word index:

prickett 4 pricket 3 pricked 15 prick 57 pricing 1.830 pricilla 4

Just after it in the word index:

prickle 2 prickles 8 prickling 7 prickly 73 pricks 15 pricy 14

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Pricking

  • In this selection, "pricking" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, tears, ears, involved and eggs stand out and add context to how "pricking" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include concerned about pricking my tongue and in essence pricking the water. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pricking" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pricking

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

Lancet A fine, sharp-pointed blade or needle for pricking the skin. (12 words)

Medical workers stepped outside to receive the tribute, some with tears pricking their eyes. (14 words)

I turned to get a last look at the lake before repelling down, my toes gently pricking into the ice. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Nothing alarming or untoward there, but like worrying about an errant bone in a fish fillet, I’d be concerned about pricking my tongue on a leftover spine from nopalitos, which are the pads of the prickly pear cactus (). (39 words)

Licensed methods of killing birds including swallows, house martins and goldfinches include shooting, trapping and destroying nests “by hand” as well as pricking eggs, or preventing them from hatching by coating them with an oil such as liquid paraffin. (39 words)

In prior, smaller-scale studies that used about a coffee cup's worth of lava, scientists in Germany found that they needed to apply an independent stimulus -- in essence pricking the water within the lava -- to trigger a blast. (39 words)

Example sentences (10)

Medical workers stepped outside to receive the tribute, some with tears pricking their eyes.

In a move that could save motorists hundreds of pounds a week, a pledge to tackle this issue head-on will get motorists' ears pricking in traditional Labour heartlands like London.

Nothing alarming or untoward there, but like worrying about an errant bone in a fish fillet, I’d be concerned about pricking my tongue on a leftover spine from nopalitos, which are the pads of the prickly pear cactus ().

The viral sensation involved pricking the skin with a sewing needle dipped in ink, claiming it'd create lasting freckles for six months.

I turned to get a last look at the lake before repelling down, my toes gently pricking into the ice.

Licensed methods of killing birds including swallows, house martins and goldfinches include shooting, trapping and destroying nests “by hand” as well as pricking eggs, or preventing them from hatching by coating them with an oil such as liquid paraffin.

In prior, smaller-scale studies that used about a coffee cup's worth of lava, scientists in Germany found that they needed to apply an independent stimulus -- in essence pricking the water within the lava -- to trigger a blast.

Allergists do skin tests in one of two ways: either dropping some purified liquid of the allergen onto the skin and pricking the area with a small needle; or injecting a small amount of allergen under the skin.

Lancet A fine, sharp-pointed blade or needle for pricking the skin.

They note “Pricking is the process of making holes in a sheet of parchment (or membrane) in preparation of it ruling.

Common combinations with pricking

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pricking" in a sentence?
An example: "Medical workers stepped outside to receive the tribute, some with tears pricking their eyes." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "pricking" from authentic English texts.
What does "pricking" mean?
Pricking means: present participle and gerund of prick
What are synonyms of "pricking"?
Common synonyms of "pricking" include: prick, puncture.
How many example sentences with "pricking" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "pricking", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.