those two are still caught up in the giddy frisson of a new romance

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What's missing, of course, is the frisson of being in a hotel bar or dining room with fellow flesh-and-blood attendees and the full benefit of our evolutionary perceptions. Steven Levy, Wired, "Videoconferencing Needs to Climb Out of the Uncanny Valley," 18 June 2020

But without the frisson of shame, Uncanny Valley would be a completely different book, and not nearly as good. Malcolm Harris, The New Republic, "The Uneasy Promise of Life in Silicon Valley," 3 Feb. 2020

But there is still a live audience in the frame, and Apple manages, somehow, to convey that bubbling frisson, that electricity-in-the-room, to those outside. Robert Hackett, Fortune, "What is Apple without its events? A new iPad—and era, perhaps—arrives via press release," 19 Mar. 2020

Being a state bordering Pakistan, Punjab is often caught in the crosshairs of the diplomatic, security, and religious frisson between the two countries. Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, "All about the Kartarpur Corridor, the new Sikh connection between India and Pakistan," 8 Nov. 2019

Even though the city has plenty of independent coffee shops and cafes and some local chains, the brand cachet of Starbucks brought with it a frisson of excitement and global modernity that some South Africans crave. Brian Browdie, Quartz Africa, "Starbucks has failed in South Africa so far but is set for a do over," 4 Nov. 2019

Ned also encounters the posh Constable Fitzpatrick (Hoult), who expresses his cultural disdain for the primitive surroundings quite openly, but whose coziness with Kelly in a local brothel packs a playful homoerotic frisson. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, "'True History of the Kelly Gang': Film Review | TIFF 2019," 6 Sep. 2019

The currency of autofiction is authenticity, both for the writer who has lost the confidence or desire to fabricate events, and for the reader, for whom at least some of the frisson of the book inheres in its truth quotient. Christine Smallwood, Harper's magazine, "Novel, Essay, Poem," 16 Sep. 2019

These messages from the past can cause a frisson when read by visitors today. National Geographic, "The 'Lion Fortress' of Sri Lanka was swallowed by the jungle," 3 Sep. 2019

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