Sentence examples for prick up from inspiring English sources

Her ears prick up like sharp leaves, alert for moisture.

Your ears prick up at that word: "another".

My inner fanboy, however, will prick up his ears.

"My ears prick up when I hear something new.

"It's not an unappealing sound, but it's nothing that's going to prick up your ears".

And when this grumpy chap waxes ravey, I prick up my ears.

The boys saw the time and that's what made everyone's ears prick up very quickly".

Right away, it made you prick up your ears, whether in appreciation or suspicion.

Yet there's another side to this craftsman that might make you prick up your ears.

A middle-aged male journalist's ears prick up and he barges in, cutting off the conversation I'm having with Smith.

If there was a discussion that involved medication of clients, her ears would prick up and then she'd get involved appropriately.