sewing needle
Americannoun
Regionalisms
See dragonfly.
Example Sentences
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The mother, unnamed by authorities, called the Sandwich Police Department to her house on Wednesday to report finding a small sewing needle in a small Snickers bar her 8-year-old son had received.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Both species live up to their names, as they truly are miniscule -- the largest specimen examined measured just 12 millimeters in length, shorter than a sewing needle.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2023
From some viewpoints it looks like the tip of a sewing needle poking out above the trees and cellular towers of this island in the San Francisco Bay.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
The Stone Age in Africa was just beginning, and the world’s first sewing needle was invented.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2023
Big Ma put down her sewing needle and signed the note.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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