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- adjective idiomatic
nervy orscary
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Examples
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Toss in some truly spine-tingling, horrifying imagery (the monsters are really scary folks, be it in color or the black and white version available on DVD/Blu Ray), plus one of the most obscenely-grim endings in cinema history, and you have the makings of a genuine horror classic.
Scott Mendelson: Just in Time for Halloween: 10 of the Scariest Horror Films of the Last 20 Years. Scott Mendelson 2010
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Toss in some truly spine-tingling, horrifying imagery (the monsters are really scary folks, be it in color or the black and white version available on DVD/Blu Ray), plus one of the most obscenely-grim endings in cinema history, and you have the makings of a genuine horror classic.
Scott Mendelson: Just in Time for Halloween: 10 of the Scariest Horror Films of the Last 20 Years. Scott Mendelson 2010
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But touring Alcatraz was a spine-tingling thrill, and I've taken the Circle Line cruise around Manhattan several times, never tiring of that view of the tiny island, packed tight with buildings and people.
Sophia Dembling: Tourists Traps: You Win Some, You Lose Some Sophia Dembling 2010
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Toss in some truly spine-tingling, horrifying imagery (the monsters are really scary folks, be it in color or the black and white version available on DVD/Blu Ray), plus one of the most obscenely-grim endings in cinema history, and you have the makings of a genuine horror classic.
Scott Mendelson: Just in Time for Halloween: 10 of the Scariest Horror Films of the Last 20 Years. Scott Mendelson 2010
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But touring Alcatraz was a spine-tingling thrill, and I've taken the Circle Line cruise around Manhattan several times, never tiring of that view of the tiny island, packed tight with buildings and people.
Sophia Dembling: Tourists Traps: You Win Some, You Lose Some Sophia Dembling 2010
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At the end, when Evans sings the spine-tingling Being Alive, he suggests a man who really has awoken from a long slumber and who has finally joined the human race.
Company - review 2011
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Melanie Wilson is such a distinctive performer, melding sound and words to spine-tingling effect.
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And then, in the second prequel, when we see the full clone army boarding ships at the very end and the Imperial March plays (in a new rendition, no less), it is still spine-tingling.
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John Hunt's spine-tingling commentary on Kauto Star's victory at Haydock last weekend was played again on BBC Radio 5 Live's Kicking Off show on Friday night, but the presenter Colin Murray got the wrong end of the stick when discussing future plans for the outstanding chaser of recent times.
Tattenham Corner 2011
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If we're talking sound track and not track times, the Ferrari's spine-tingling Nazgul shriek just kills the McLaren.
The Best Sports Car, and Why to Skip It Dan Neil 2011
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