Needles
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove was finishing an acupuncture session recently when the woman pulling needles out of her back surprised her with a question: “Can you do anything to help bring back entertainment jobs?”
Inside these structures, tiny magnetic moments, which behave like miniature compass needles, align in circular patterns.
From Science Daily
“Patrons report not seeing needles, hygiene products, or other dangerous items,” read Gil’s filing.
From Slate
Betsie and I put our belongings into the pillowcases we had brought from Scheveningen: toothbrushes, needles and thread, a small bottle of Davitamon oil that had come in a Red Cross package, Nollie’s blue sweater, which was the only thing we had brought with us when we left the quarantine camp ten weeks before.
From Literature
A door in the center let us into a large room where two hundred or more women bent over knitting needles.
From Literature
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