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Examples
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Give us all goose-flesh The haiku series appears in the morning open threads.
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Give us all goose-flesh The haiku series appears in the morning open threads.
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It is goose-flesh stuff, genuinely moving — and true.
The Editor’s Desk 2008
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At thought of her, the goose-flesh rose along his thighs.
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The rosy baby with her black eyebrows and hair, her sturdy red little body with tight goose-flesh skin, delighted Darya
Anna Karenina 2003
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She lay and writhed in pure horror that froze the blood in her lithe limbs and dilated her beautiful eyes, that pricked the roots of her dark hair and made goose-flesh rise along her supple spine.
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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She lay and writhed in pure horror that froze the blood in her lithe limbs and dilated her beautiful eyes, that pricked the roots of her dark hair and made goose-flesh rise along her supple spine.
The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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"My husband says he got goose-flesh when he heard the news on the radio," Monica told Sapa earlier.
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There was another sound, too, faint, far off, but still enough to make the goose-flesh rise on my forearms.
QUEEN’S RANSOM Fiona Buckley 2000
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It gave her goose-flesh to remember her fear and panic.
Soul of the Fire Goodkind, Terry 1999
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