needles

Example Sentences

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This eliminates the costs and risks associated with pinpointing naturally occurring pockets of hot water, which are like needles in a haystack.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her brows were pinched together like a couple of busy knitting needles, and she kept on trying to make sense of the nighttime garden scene.

From Literature

“Daisy chains, pine needles, mud,” I mumbled to myself.

From Literature

And come to think of it, Jemma might have put pine needles in my hair, but that would hardly scare me.

From Literature

Even with all of their star power and familiar characters, films like ‘Thunderbolts*” and “Snow White,” which would’ve been guaranteed successes less than a decade ago, failed to move the critical and commercial needles stateside.

From Salon