It is these anomalous, very occasional pricks in the crowded dome of the night sky that the Reverend Evans finds.
Each is brought to the ring and allowed to attack a picador who pricks them with a lance.
6) One usually pricks up one's ears when his name is called.
A policeman pricks up his ears.
I can feel such pricks and stabs in my left leg; I am sure there is going to be a change.
