The cholla cacti were beautiful but prickly.

I have a pricking pain here.

Tom is an arrogant prick.

I must be careful with how I sit in this cheap IKEA office chair, to make sure that the two screws poking through the synthetic cover don't prick me in the thighs.

At the sound of my voice, my dog pricked up his ears.

Tom is a prickly one.

He felt the pricks of conscience.

It's alright. This injection won't hurt. It will just prick a little.

I pricked up my ears.

I now have the ability to be a pretentious prick.