How to Use needle in a Sentence
- I need a needle and thread to sew the button on your shirt.
- The needle on the scale points to 9 grams.
- The compass needle points north.
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Step 2: Move the needle around inside the shell to break the yolk.
— Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 28 Mar. 2023 -
Those 7-2s are the types of spurts that move the needle in the standings.
— Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023 -
The truth is pine needles do not make the soil more acidic.
— oregonlive, 18 July 2023 -
The long twine of a decade, hold the tattoo needle to skin and sew habibti.
— Hala Alyan, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024 -
All of this amounts to threading a very tricky needle for the Padres.
— Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2023 -
In the late 1860s, Goodyear acquired the rights to a machine with a curved needle that sped up the process.
— The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024 -
Feel the balance in the narrow boat, shaped like a needle.
— John Branch Adam Stoltman, New York Times, 14 July 2023 -
Fake needles were also found in some of the samples seized by the FDA.
— Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 1 Feb. 2024 -
Then, the doctor will use a thin needle to make the injections on all parts of the lips.
— Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023 -
Her friend died at the age of 64 from a drug overdose, a needle found under her bed.
— The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024 -
With 9 inches of space between the needle and the body of the machine, there’s ample room to work.
— Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2023 -
During the early returns, the needle at the New York Times was bouncing all over the place.
— Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 -
The needles are believed to be from the 13th century, and may have been part of a corpse's clothing.
— Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2024 -
Using a punch needle, poke holes throughout the baseball cap and cut off the brim.
— New York Times, 27 July 2023 -
Most at-home blood test kits come with a needle and testing card.
— Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 6 May 2023 -
Some had needles still stuck in them like pin cushions.
— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024 -
Pine Straw: Bales of pine needles are lightweight, easy to carry and spread.
— Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2024 -
Back at the cabin, the girls work together to hold her down while one draws a curved needle through her cheek to stitch the wound.
— Lydia Kiesling, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2023 -
Celebrity endorsements have moved the needle in the past.
— Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024 -
But then the Celtics poked the balloon with a needle, made their first five shots, and needed just a few minutes to take a 10-point lead.
— Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023 -
Secure the planets to yarn with the needle and thread up through remaining eight holes.
— Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023 -
Though, the tester noted that a few needles did fall during setup.
— Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2023 -
Got a better way to shop to save money and find a needle in the haystack of online retailers?
— Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2023 -
The free exhibition features 20 tiny sculptures, each of which sits in the eye of a needle.
— Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023 -
And right now, there are needles on that dashboard that are moving in the wrong direction.
— Brie Stimson, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2024 -
Right now, President Biden is trying to thread the needle.
— Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024 -
The basic skincare regimen already moves the needle in terms of your skin’s health.
— Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2024
- His classmates needled him about his new haircut.
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Once a Rays coach, Baldelli didn't let the chance to needle his old boss pass.
— Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune, 1 Mar. 2021 -
Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin seized the chance to needle the Gators, tweeting a photo of the game with the score 7-7.
— Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2023 -
The mayor then dodged a question about whether the governor had been needling him.
— William Neuman and J. David Goodman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2017 -
Does this give the younger brother a chance to needle his older sibling?
— Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 18 June 2021 -
And yet, the blog’s headlines seem designed to needle readers.
— Khe Hy, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2020 -
Fans didn’t wait until the start of matches Thursday to needle him.
— Doug Ferguson, SFChronicle.com, 10 Dec. 2019 -
Haden eyes the crowd and begins to sing slowly over a high, needling drone from guitarist Jack Wetmore, 27.
— Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2023 -
But now more and more pet owners are turning to needle power to help cure their cats and dogs.
— Houston Chronicle, 6 July 2018 -
Chavez then needled him for refusing to fight the bigger Golovkin.
— Mike Cranston, The Denver Post, 6 May 2017 -
He’s been seen needling some black yarn together on top of the slopestyle and halfpipe courses here — without gloves by the way.
— Laken Litman, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2018 -
Maher didn't miss a chance to needle her with one of Trump's own epithets.
— Stephen Rodrick, Esquire, 6 June 2017 -
One of my mother’s drinking cronies, a needling terror of a woman, stumbled over to us.
— Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020 -
The judge also needled Prows about Safe Embarcadero’s claims that the center would attract crime to the dense, tourist-heavy area.
— Dominic Fracassa, SFChronicle.com, 23 Sep. 2019 -
Nick is already needled that Adams stood him up for coffee that morning and yells at Adams to get his meds right.
— Lincee Ray, EW.com, 5 May 2023 -
The president and his allies sent giddy tweets needling his accusers and Democrats.
— Author: Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2020 -
Your needling her to tell you what’s wrong is only going to require more energy from her, not less.
— Sophia Benoit, GQ, 20 June 2018 -
For his part, Musk has needled Ocasio-Cortez about her anti-billionaire rhetoric and joked about the prospect of dating her.
— Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2023 -
Steve Hellyer, Oregon’s publicist for much of the Brooks era, used to needle Cowan about it.
— OregonLive.com, 23 May 2017 -
Her caddie sometimes needles her for getting wax on the zippers.
— Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Mar. 2018 -
But that has not stopped Fox News from trying to needle the late night establishment.
— Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2021 -
Also by needling Germany, the most powerful member of the bloc, which, Poland says, owes it war reparations.
— Marek Strzelecki, Bloomberg.com, 20 Dec. 2017 -
Along with Derrick Brown, Thomas is one of Davidson’s favorite people to needle.
— Giana Han, al, 23 Apr. 2020 -
Following the Rules Trump has needled Sanders voters by playing up claims that the process is rigged against the Vermont senator.
— Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020 -
Take a good long look at the Chrysler Building needling over the skyline, because that view is going away — maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.
— Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer, 28 July 2017 -
Cedric needled Corden about how the host reads jokes somebody else has written for him, then exited.
— oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2020 -
Before the foreskin serum is applied, Louise preps skin with peels, a micro-needling wand, and an electrifying mask.
— Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 14 Mar. 2018 -
O’Neill said Charlie is likely to keep charging into his 4-year-old season to needle his elite gate-mates for at least one more lap.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2021 -
Putin prefers to needle, to provoke, and test his opponents’ redlines or readiness.
— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024 -
Whether deployed by politicians or entertainers, comedy’s power is to needle deep into the subconscious, forming an emotional bond that transcends reason.
— Seth Simons, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
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