Needles
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Her brows were pinched together like a couple of busy knitting needles, and she kept on trying to make sense of the nighttime garden scene.
From Literature
“Daisy chains, pine needles, mud,” I mumbled to myself.
From Literature
And come to think of it, Jemma might have put pine needles in my hair, but that would hardly scare me.
From Literature
Even with all of their star power and familiar characters, films like ‘Thunderbolts*” and “Snow White,” which would’ve been guaranteed successes less than a decade ago, failed to move the critical and commercial needles stateside.
From Salon
Watt said he thought the injury from the treatment, in which tiny needles are inserted in the body to address pain and mobility issues, was "a fluke thing," although he said he'd take a break from the treatments for awhile.
From Barron's
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