prick

Example Sentences

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A flurry of tests that look for multiple cancers with a single prick are in various stages of development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Older participants regained motor strength and sensory abilities, such as feeling light touch or a pin prick, at levels similar to younger individuals.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026

Segura, the nurse, removed the tube from my arm and pressed a cotton ball to the needle prick.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

Judge Jacqueline H Nguyen wrote that Theranos's claim of being able to run blood tests with a drop from a finger prick instead of a needle in a vein was "nothing more than a mirage".

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025

But now the prick of a needle was nothing.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie