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  • We of the labor hosts have conned that word over till our minds are all a-tingle with it.

    Chapter 5: The Philomaths 2010

  • The elaborate Church Chat segment finds the Church Lady welcoming "the holy trinity of sluts" the Kardashian sisters and their mighty booty; a failed exorcism of Snooki "from the Chippewa word that means 'Drop your shorts, we don't have much time'"; and the Adoration of the Bieber, as ubiquitous Justin Bieber sets the Church Lady's naughty parts a-tingle.

    Matt's TV Week in Review 2011

  • You bust out 'cuboid,' setting all my nerve endings a-tingle, but then use the limp 'perfectly sine regularity' in lieu of say the throbbing 'perfect sinusoidal regularity' or the magnificently necropriapic 'cold dead sinusoidal character'?

    Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time 6: Lord of Chaos (1994) Adam Roberts 2010

  • Boy, I, for one and all a-tingle with inspiration.

    Hillary Plans To Draw Sharper "Contrast" With Obama In Days Ahead 2009

  • They came, no doubt, to find in her society the delirious emotion that now thrilled through every fibre in me, throbbing through my brain, setting the blood a-tingle in every vein, fretting even the tiniest nerve.

    The Magic Skin 2007

  • Actually, to be fair, they ` re not watching Oprah ` s Legends Ball, which I was all a-tingle for, or the season finale of "24," which I ` m watching during the commercial breaks.

    CNN Transcript May 22, 2006 2006

  • "American Idol" is going to crown a winner tonight, and I ` m all a-tingle.

    CNN Transcript May 24, 2006 2006

  • At her happiness, a gorgeous sentiment welled into his eyes, choked him up, set his nerves a-tingle, and filled his throat with husky and vibrant emotion.

    The Beautiful and Damned 2003

  • The lisp is unfortunate and he has small grasp of oratory, but the words had us all a-tingle.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • The lisp is unfortunate and he has small grasp of oratory, but the words had us all a-tingle.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

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