on pins and needles
Example Sentences
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“So, everyone is kinda sitting on pins and needles, hoping no one comes in at the last second.”
From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023
"We're on pins and needles to see if Powell will say anything that suggests they will taper the size of rate increases going forward," Hogan said, referring to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
From Reuters • Oct. 31, 2022
“We were on pins and needles wondering, OK, if this virus gets into the mountain gorillas, what’s it going to do?”
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2022
“We’re kind of on pins and needles every time that his test results come back,” McVay said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2021
He’s been on pins and needles lately, hoping the results of the experiment could land in Nature, one of the leading scientific journals in the world.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
