pin·prick
ˈpin-ˌprik 
1
: a small puncture made by or as if by a pin
2
: a petty irritation or annoyance
Examples of pinprick in a Sentence
Noun
He felt a pinprick in his leg.
the nurse kindly put a decorated bandage over the pinprick from the injection
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New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
By painstakingly tweaking their processes, Taylor and her colleagues have scaled production from a pinprick to two teaspoonfuls at a time, at a cost that Ghevaert estimated at roughly seventy-five thousand dollars per syringe.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2021
The teeny pinpricks force the skin to heal and build up stronger than before, while the device also deposits serum deeper into the skin.
—Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 9 Nov. 2018
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Each spring, hotaru ika, or firefly squid, ascend to the surface of western Japan’s Toyama Bay to spawn, setting the water aglow with pinpricks of electric blue light.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
By painstakingly tweaking their processes, Taylor and her colleagues have scaled production from a pinprick to two teaspoonfuls at a time, at a cost that Ghevaert estimated at roughly seventy-five thousand dollars per syringe.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
At this height, the real thing looks fake, a composite of toy skyscrapers, tinfoil rivers, pinprick traffic lights, Central Park the size of a welcome mat, and some sort of nature in the hazy distance.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2021
The teeny pinpricks force the skin to heal and build up stronger than before, while the device also deposits serum deeper into the skin.
—Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 9 Nov. 2018
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“Pinprick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinprick. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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