pins and needles
Example Sentences
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He added that he was “on pins and needles, like everybody else.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
After sitting for a long time, you may find walking difficult or feel pins and needles in your legs.
From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025
Julie Hurn, 43, of Oaklands, Old Buckenham, in Norfolk, called 999 on 7 July 2022 after she suffered chest pains and pins and needles in her arms.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024
“We waited on pins and needles for 12 days,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024
Zane craned his neck ever so slightly, pins and needles soaring up his spine as he did so, to take in the scene.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
