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
John Kelly was driving to Dublin for work when he felt a tightness in his chest and pins and needles in his arm.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024
“We waited on pins and needles for 12 days,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024
He must have been on pins and needles for a long time, worried that somebody’d find out, because he broke down right then and there and confessed the whole thing.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
