pins and needles
plural noun
: a pricking tingling sensation in a limb growing numb or recovering from numbness
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Everybody was on pins and needles waiting to see: Could this thing be reconciled?
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Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
What's next: The news media industry is on pins and needles waiting to see whether Trump 2.0 will bring engagement on anything approaching the level of his first term.
—Neal Rothschild, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
What's next: The news media industry is on pins and needles waiting to see whether Trump 2.0 will bring engagement on anything approaching the level of his first term.
—Neal Rothschild, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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“Pins and needles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pins%20and%20needles. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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