pins and needles
plural noun
: a pricking tingling sensation in a limb growing numb or recovering from numbness
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Then my face went numb, like pins and needles when a limb falls asleep.
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Will Rice, Outside, 13 Nov. 2025
All the right eyes are on you, waiting on pins and needles for your next move!
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
For the almost two years since, fans have been on pins and needles to hear how Shires would use her next album to express what her life has been like.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
Who kept you on pins and needles like him?
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
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Will Rice, Outside, 13 Nov. 2025
All the right eyes are on you, waiting on pins and needles for your next move!
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
For the almost two years since, fans have been on pins and needles to hear how Shires would use her next album to express what her life has been like.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
Who kept you on pins and needles like him?
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Pins and needles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pins%20and%20needles. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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