Sentence examples for pricks up from inspiring English sources

Drinking an orange juice on 8th Avenue just before dawn, he pricks up his ears to the sound of Diana Ross Surrenderr, on the jukebox.

It pricks up and sniffs the air, glances around and bolts away.

Nero's ears pricked up.

My ears pricked up.

Chirri's ears pricked up.

"It pricked up my ears," Chanos said.

At this, the commission members' ears pricked up.

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

He paused, his nose twitching and his ears pricking up.

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

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