Sentence examples for pricking from inspiring English sources
"pricking" is a correct and usable word in written English
It is a verb which means "to cause a sharp, pointed sensation or feeling, usually one that is unpleasant or unwanted". For example, "The cold wind was pricking my skin as I walked outside."
noun
The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
One method, using a "pricking iron", which looks like a fork, is laborious and hard to get straight; the other uses a "pricking wheel" – like a pastry edger – which zips along neatly but is much less satisfying.
The plunge in prices that would result from a pricking of this bubble, he declared on "60 Minutes", an American television programme, could lead to popular protests on the scale of the recent Arab uprisings.China's new leaders are keenly attuned to such concerns and are trying hard to head off the danger.
Japan's recent experience offers a painful example of how a collapse in share or property prices can harm a banking system.Since pricking a financial bubble is a risky business, it is clearly better for central banks to step in early to prevent one developing.
So does he regret going into government?In this section Little Britain William, it was really nothing The hands of fate Everyman's castle On the trail Pricking the bubble Reprints"No.
He repeated the standard arguments for why central bankers should not target house prices: that bubbles can be identified only after the fact, and that pricking them with higher interest rates might do more harm than good.Shooting at the sheriffThis is by now an old debate.
Yet Britain is cutting back on defence something that, he says, "diminishes Britain's ability to influence events".In this section Little Britain William, it was really nothing The hands of fate Everyman's castle On the trail Pricking the bubble ReprintsMargaret Thatcher saw herself, and was seen, as an essential partner of two American presidents.
We apologise.In this section Logical endings Pricking consciences Sorcerer's apprenticeship Mind games Time and chance Correction: Satellites Reprints Related items Satellite tracking: No hiding placeMar 8th 2007.
He argued that pre-emptive bubble-pricking rested on three assumptions, none of them likely to be met.
These two giants presided over a relentless conveyor belt of comedy that resembled a Secret Policeman's Ball, but one where the cause (Great Ormond Street Hospital) is taken for granted; so rather than conscience-pricking, the accompanying short films were "quickie" contributions from the people that couldn't be there (in this instance they included Ricky Gervais and Kevin Bishop).
Apartheid in principle has a good deal of support among white South Africans, but not apartheid in the clumsy, pin-pricking way the Government is applying it.The Government is now experimenting with flogging instead of trying to impose a fine.
The explanation lies in Mr Farage's talent for turning both Britain's voting system and its traditions of pomposity-pricking mockery to his advantage.UKIP does not need to win a single House of Commons seat at the next general election to have an outsized impact.
