needled

Afterward, walking down a snowy Moscow street in the dark, I needled Paul a little.

The bartender had a consolation boilermaker waiting; he gulped half of it before he realized it had been needled with ether.

A high, thin whine—a wordless vibration of eloquence—needled out of the darkness into their ears.

"Cosmic rays, perhaps," needled Smithy, and became instantly sorry when his friend's face began to redden.

He grinned at himself, then something needled at his mind, until he swung back.

These rocks, all notched and needled and bristling, had a savage look.