Sentence examples for it prick from inspiring English sources

Stop it, prick".

It pricks the ducts.

It pricked the moral conscience.

"It pricked up my ears," Chanos said.

It pricked the pomposity of American editors.

It pricked the public interest because strychnine, the alleged poison, was new and barely understood.

And now it pricks you:the silver light in which you realizeyour attempts at decadencetire the earth and tire you.

The blade of the knife was so big ("like Crocodile Dundee," he said) that it pricked his knee as he shadowed her.

Shawn's piece, ferocious and wryly funny as it pricks liberal complacency and entitlement, was originally performed by the author himself in New York at private gatherings.

It pricked my attention immediately.' Joe had also seen enough costume dramas to know what he didn't want from this.

As for the opening chapter, "Here Comes Charlie," it's one of the most efficient scene-setters since the start of "Great Expectations," with a compound of impoverishment and yearning so sharp that it pricks the senses, like vinegar.