pins and needles
plural noun
: a pricking tingling sensation in a limb growing numb or recovering from numbness
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Cam switched to another treatment that gave him constant pins and needles in his hands.
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Olivia Jordan Cornelius, Outside Online, 15 July 2024
But that was Himes’ point, one also raised by George Clooney: Democrats are on pins and needles worried that Biden will sink into something resembling his feeble nature at the CNN debate.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 July 2024
Season 2 left audiences on pins and needles, waiting to see how the love triangle between Simone, Damon and Lando would play out.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 July 2024
UConn Nation sat on pins and needles Sunday morning, after reports indicated Hurley would meet with the team that afternoon.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2024
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Olivia Jordan Cornelius, Outside Online, 15 July 2024
But that was Himes’ point, one also raised by George Clooney: Democrats are on pins and needles worried that Biden will sink into something resembling his feeble nature at the CNN debate.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 July 2024
Season 2 left audiences on pins and needles, waiting to see how the love triangle between Simone, Damon and Lando would play out.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 July 2024
UConn Nation sat on pins and needles Sunday morning, after reports indicated Hurley would meet with the team that afternoon.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2024
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“Pins and needles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pins%20and%20needles. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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