pins and needles
plural noun
: a pricking tingling sensation in a limb growing numb or recovering from numbness
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The Packers take their cues from the man in charge, and with LaFleur on pins and needles in Green Bay’s biggest games, his team has played tight end tense.
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Rob Reischel, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Surely, the entirety of Cincinnati and Bengals fandom have been on pins and needles for the past two days waiting for Saturday's Joe Burrow look-alike contest at Fountain Square.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 21 Dec. 2024
No one wants to add tech neck to their ailments, and this gadget avoids that (and the pins and needles feeling in your arm) completely.
—Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
Instead, some election-watchers waited on pins and needles for a prediction from Allan Lichtman, a 77-year-old distinguished professor of history at American University who lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
—Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2024
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Rob Reischel, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Surely, the entirety of Cincinnati and Bengals fandom have been on pins and needles for the past two days waiting for Saturday's Joe Burrow look-alike contest at Fountain Square.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 21 Dec. 2024
No one wants to add tech neck to their ailments, and this gadget avoids that (and the pins and needles feeling in your arm) completely.
—Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
Instead, some election-watchers waited on pins and needles for a prediction from Allan Lichtman, a 77-year-old distinguished professor of history at American University who lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
—Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2024
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“Pins and needles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pins%20and%20needles. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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