How To Use Needle In A Sentence

He slowly depressed the plunger and once the syringe was empty, withdrew the needle and stepped back.
And if you can develop a machine to look for the needle in the haystack and what you come out with from having the machine sift through the haystack is a box of straw, where maybe the needle's in there and maybe a few bonus needles, then that's a whole lot better than having humans try to sift through a haystack. Wired Top Stories
A little wool, a couple of knitting needles and a bit of time and lives can be changed. The Sun
Just about every camera in the world these days has a battery, even if it is just to drive the needle on the light meter.
He said disputes and votes being called on the order of business were causing needless disruption.

Interior spaces may also be gendered: the author explores both the activities particular to women, such as needlework or lace-making, and the objects related to female and maternal domesticity.
So again if you're unfamiliar with this yarn and needle arrangement, start by knitting stripes in full needle rib.
The footman accuses the cook, she accuses the needlewoman, and the latter accuses the other two.
Other handy bits and pieces like plasters, handkerchief, aftersun and a needle and thread can also come in handy, and don't take up too much room.
As the match flared in his hands, something needle-sharp sliced through his jacket to touch his spine. THE KEYS OF HELL
The heat touched off the Hi-Thrust which burst in a needle flame from the petcock. The Stars My Destination
Come vecchio sartor fa nella cruna," it is the intensity of the gaze that is present with us, not the old tailor and his needle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864
To meet the inherent challenge of harmonizing a variety of capabilities in a group endeavor, Chicago proposed, and all the needleworkers agreed, to use the same background color fade, the same techniques and a common border.
When you pull a needleful through a hole, the wool is correctly positioned on a stretched canvas.
The needle pulsates when the engine is running.
After the hospital I was planning on going to Lettuce Knit to buy some needles but decided against it, instead made the short walk from St. Mike's to the Flatiron.
Its spectral presence looms over the city, its pointed top a needle to the bubble. Times, Sunday Times
The Company's flagship product, the Sharps Disposal by Mail System (R), is a cost-effective and easy-to-use solution to dispose of medical waste such as hypodermic needles, lancets and any other medical device or objects used to puncture or lacerate the skin (referred to as "sharps"). Undefined
When inserting the needle into the clamp, push it up as far as it will go and tighten the clamp screw firmly with the screwdriver.
The numerous rivers heart surface, threads a needle the line to suture sadly.
Nothing kills the festive spirit as much as someone whisking under your feet with a dustpan and brush, folding up wrapping paper and tutting about all the pine needles.
To make matters even worse, sharp needles of pain were shooting across her eyes and the soup felt like lead in her stomach.
Whether you are planting in a container or in the ground, don't forget a good acidic mulch of pine needles or wood chip. Times, Sunday Times
Pine needles and resin, wood and sap - irresistible. Times, Sunday Times
Amosite, fibrous anthophyllite, fibrous tremolite, fibrous actinolite, and crocidolite are amphiboles, double-chain silicates, which observed microscopically look like sharp needles.
The book is full of scientific observations of creatures such as the sea speckle, the red poison needle, the oleander, the bluebottle or coral. From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjón - review
Free-motion machine embroidery, quilting and monogramming are all easier with this unique needle.
CT guided needle biopsy settle on qualitative diagnosis.
Result: The sword-like needle therapy is very effective to cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome of the waist and buttock.
Did you know that the way that you wrap the yarn around the needle can affect the twist and cause the fabric to bias or that continental style knitting can aggravate carpal tunnel syndrome?
This implies a net magnetic moment less robust than the compass needle of single-celled magnetotactic bacteria.
At the end, he argues that a good progressive conservative government could cut useless measures like corporate subsidies, farm subsidies, and needless tariffs.
Needle Works Acupuncture is widely used in human alternative medicine.
The opening vignette, ‘Lullaby for a Broken Dog’ is simple piano tinklings and a man's spoken words over the hiss and pop of a needle on an old record.
Like a diner spearing a morsel of food with the tine of a fork, researchers have used the tip of a microscopic needle to lift a single atom from a surface and then replace it.
By creating a potential difference of several kilovolts between the needle and the chamber walls, an intense electric field can be produced at the exit of the needle.
Intradermal calcium injections are required for burns that do not respond to topical therapy, for extensive burns or when treatment delay has occurred. 23,16 A 27 to 30 gauge needle is used to inject a 10 percent calcium gluconate solution into the burn. 22 No greater than 0.5 ml. of solution should be injected per cm2, in order to avoid pressure necrosis. 24 Injections should be extended 0.5 cm. beyond the affected area. Hydrofluoric Acid
Look at Arizona, a state torn apart with a needless immigration "debate;" needless insomuch as it exists now. Charles Karel Bouley: Tucson: In the Blame Game, We All Lose
We also inventory turntables, gears, mainsprings, belts, needles and many many other hard to find components.
The metal's surface tension is great enough to permit a steel needle to be floated on its surface.
The most convenient way will be to use two coils, one on each side of the astatic needle. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity
Needless to say, this has led to additional burden on the locality's narrow roads.
There was no option but to disassemble the poxy thing, stuff it back into it's box (needless to say they never go back in) and schlep back to Croydon.
Can you imagine painting without a brush, sewing without a needle, or writing without a pen?
We do not know where she got the needle from because neither of us can remember the last time we used a needle and thread.
Mr. Collins repeated his apologies in quitting the room, and was assured with unwearying civility that they were perfectly needless. Pride and Prejudice
Rare arable flowers such as shepherd's needle, the cornflower and marigolds thrive in the fallow land, encouraging insects as food for birds.
The lines have been scratched out using a needle, on a canvas smeared with oil colours.
With a simply prick of a needle; he had enough blood to test.
Needless to say this evidence was used to refute the view that the gospel narratives are irresponsible fabrications.
An unexpected sharp vibration can cause the head to crash onto the surface of the disk, gouging it like a phonograph needle can scratch a record.
A lot of information is needlessly cluttering your mind.
Thread up the second yarn with a long needle or bodkin and thread this second yarn into the correct slot.
The last of the turkey has been demolished, the new toys lie in a corner and the Christmas tree is shedding its needles at a rate of knots.
Cryoablation, also called cryotherapy or cryosurgery, is a procedure in which extreme cold is applied to the tumor using a cryoprobe, a hollow needle-like device filled with argon gas. Good news for cancer patients, cryoablation can treat kidney cancer.
He puts on a pair of latex gloves and tears a fresh needle from a packet.
The needle on the rev counter soared.
Then as if it might contaminate him he let it fall sideways into the bed of pine needles. THE WHITE DOVE
Ensure a moist and succulent roast with this baster, complete with injector needle for infusing flavor right into the meat.
The pounding roar of the first shot resounded from inside the cracked-open sphere, and the nigrescent space thudded with the rutilant explosions of needlecraft. In Other Worlds
Needless to say there's more than a few class action lawsuits floating about at the moment.
The organisers would appreciate any donations of knitting wool, patterns, knitting needles, crochet hooks or any old material.
She was also a grand needle woman, a talent which rather curiously led to a change in her religious affiliations.
The doctor stuck my finger with a needle to get blood sample.
A similar fate befell the Vulcan Senior with cotton seersucker, cotton sailcloth, and needlecord across the ribs.
The needle on a compass always points to magnetic north.
The Harps looked to have this game in the bag only to nearly throw it away, conceding numerous needless frees.
Needless to say, neither Andrew Wilkow nor his remora, Nick Rizzuto, is a punk. Chez Pazienza: With Friends Like These...
Jefferson famously excised all miracles from his copy of the King James Bible; as a rationalist and a deist, he considered such stories to be needless embellishments.
Needless to say, precise intelligence and sound judgment as important to military success as fancy kit.
They wore chaps criss-crossed with scars from needle sharp cactus, their hats were badly weathered, having survived many suns, winds and rains.
He watched her thread her needle again, her slender, graceful fingers never erring despite the inadequate light.
Socialist affiliations are recorded in the memoirs of the stone-mason Nadaud, the draughtsman Perdiguier and Suzanne Voilquin, who was a needlewoman.
A hundred years before Bushnell gave his speech, New England gifts were embroidering frolicking lambs and winsome shepherdesses on needlework pictures and samplers.
A needle pricks my arm and slowly all my muscles begin to relax.
But the charity stresses that infection can occur on first contact with an infected partner or needle.
The compass needle points to the magnetic north pole.
You can now put those knitting needles down as we have drawn the campaign to a close. The Sun
The healthcare worker injured herself on the exposed needle.
Needless to say, you can add other vegetables you like or take out any that you don't.
Then they campaigned tirelessly to highlight the injustices that led to those needless deaths. The Sun
Needless risk and bravado have changed only in medium. Times, Sunday Times
The tapestry from Raphael's cartoon of "The Miraculous Draught of Fishes" is a very remarkable work of art, and one which stands alone in modern needlework. Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
The needles were bleached with a 4% sodium hypochloride solution which macerates the mesophyll, and vascular and epidermal tissue were brushed off.
It's a nice portrait of Strummer the hipster, talking his jive talk and dropping the needle on U Roy records to a worldwide audience.
That cross-referred to an interview inside which noted that York's great dame has a passion for needlework.
On the lower tier to the left of the tach is a needle that swings up and down between blue at the top and green at the bottom to let the driver know when the battery is expending power or getting a regenerative charge. Mississauga News
During this time Kissinger needlessly prolonged U.S. war-making in which 20,853 Americans were killed and an officially U. S.-estimated 7,860,013 Indochinese were murdered, maimed or made homeless. Fred Branfman: Hillary Clinton's Promoting Kissinger: An Insult to History
Tiny needles are inserted into the hair follicle followed by an electrical charge that damages it, causing it to stop producing hair.
A polite tongue provided a shield of tactful silence and banal pleasantries that staved off needless provocation and harm.
Bursting from the trees ahead of him, three black shapes came hurtling towards him over the pine needle floor of the clearing.
But, indeed, nature herself seemed to have been his vintner, and at his birth charged him so thoroughly with an irritable, brandy-like disposition, that all subsequent potations were needless.
This hierogram is the symbol of the serpent, a circle with a snake passing through it, like a needle and thread.
Papers, basting, needless whipstitching, awkward ways to join units together … I could go on. Moving hands
Well, the inquisitor in our party was curious about the specifics of the policy, and jokingly needled the ranger about the prohibition.
A Dutch inventor proposes replacing the traditional dental drill with a ‘plasma needle’, a device that despite being cold and painless to the touch will kill dead cells and cauterise the surroundings. Plasma Dentistry | Blog | Futurismic
Methods Ganglion around the celiac artery was aimed by a fine needle under the guidance of ultrasound, 1% procaine or alcohol was injected after puncture succeeded.
Ann's marriage to Simon, apparently not a happy one, led her to find work in sewing or needlework.
Needless to say, losing one's source of income at a young age is a devastating personal misfortune.
He placed the azoth on his bureau, put Hyacinth's needler and his beads beside it, and removed his trousers. Calde of the Long Sun
You can also use a twin needle on most domestic machines.
This state of the art technology will considerably reduce maintenance and increase durability of the needles three fold.
As the shot is made, the effects man, who has in front of him a copy of the cable message, drops the needle on an effects record and listeners hear the applause of the crowd as the shot reaches the boundary.
The characteristic appearance of Gujarati chain-stitch embroidery, whether done with a hook or a needle, however, is common to both formats.
There was a brief pause, as neither of us said anything; the only sound was the needle of my fountain pen scraping mundanely on the rough paper.
You have a hoop, needle, iron-on transfers and skeins of embroidery floss.
He hit the ground with a loud thud and the crunch of pine needles.
Her whole time was spent in making patchwork quilts with knitting-needles that were an arshin [An ell.] long. Poor Folk
The needle has jumped several grooves.
The pair split up, Det Supt Higgins heading into Brandsby wood across the spongy forest floor strewn with pine needles and fallen branches.
With 1 percent procaine and a fine sharp 25-gauge needle, raise skin wheals in the donor site - one for each graft and cut out a pinch of skin.
She does all the needlework and knitting, which she says is probably the most enjoyable part.
Such quirky little blooms would be lost in the floral abundance of spring or summer, but in midwinter they are dazzling, standing out against snowy backdrops or the dark needles of evergreens.
She is always unable to pull the thread through the eye of the needle.
She felt a needle prick her tender skin.
So I hacked that all down and hauled it away, cleaned up about ten years of pine needles, repositioned the feeders, and then went and bought a couple trays of pachysandra, which is a nice ground cover, works really well in acidic soil, and is native to the aimai Balloon Juice
A needle bullet through the chest during a hunt.
Chief among his trophies was Uri Geller, an Israeli-born, disco-era mentalist who claimed, among other things, that he had the ability to soften metal and move a compass needle with his mind.
I bought this kit last week at Lettuce Knit and I started making it with 6.5mm circular needles.
Leslie smiled and turned back to her sewing, moving what looked like a shirt sleeve along the jabbing threaded needle.
To be sure the back-seats were free for the poor; but the emblazoned crimson of the windows, the carving of the arches, the very purity of the preacher's style, said plainly that it was easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a man in a red wamus to enter the kingdom of heaven through that gate. Margret Howth, a Story of To-day
Prostitution among dressmakers and milliners was notorious, due to the seasonal nature of the work and the lack of wages for up to eight months of the year, as Henry Mayhew reported in his 1851 series on needlewomen in the Morning Chronicle.
Be careful with that needle - it has a very sharp point.
The endosperm cap (the testa included) was placed on the needle and was pierced by moving the needle down into a polyvinyl chloride block with a conic hole with a minimum diameter of 0.7 mm.
Needless to say, their answers have been little more than an acknowledgement of receipt.
Although she had never threaded a needle in her life, she discovered that she knew exactly how to alter the too-large gowns so that they would fit her tiny frame.
This outfit is also ideal for school bonito, skipjack, average sized dorado, roosterfish and needlefish.
Made of 100% cotton, 5-oz. twill, these button-downs have fine details like double-needle stitching for added durability, patch pockets and button-down collars.
Write or draw a list of items for them to find, from a pine needle to a clover leaf. The Sun
Most such specimens are partially coated with a druse of calcite, epidote, and small, clear needle quartz crystals.
A string was pulled through the hole made by the needle and the string was drawn through a pulley so that weights could be attached to the end of the string.
Needlers has come up with a good compromise with the introduction of its New Energy Bar.
She could play upon the harp and paint in water-colours, and her needlework was a picture, but not half so pretty a picture as her face. Merry-Garden and Other Stories
With a sewing needle from her bedside table, Marylyn pricked her finger and squeezed it until two drops of blood fell onto the sheets.
The weave of backing fabric, the needle-punching depth and weft count of the paper making felt are chosen as the factors in the orthogonal test. Then the tensility of the paper making felts is tested.
Don't buy a tree that is losing green needles, or has dry, brittle twigs or a sour, musty smell.
Ill would it beseem my habit and my calling, to thrust myself into match-making and giving in marriage, but worse were it in me to see your lordships do needless wrong to the feelings which are proper to our nature, and which, being indulged honestly and under the restraints of religion, become a pledge of domestic quiet here, and future happiness in a better world. The Monastery
Look for a needle in a bundle (or bottle) of hay.
Brian retired from the sea a number of years ago and bought a local public house, needless to say this was frequented by many local and visiting fishermen who always received a very warm welcome.
Burstyn's pills lead her to delusion and madness; Leto's arm festers with an infected sore from too many needles.
I checked the shackles that held the Monster to its slab, giving it a sharp cuff as it lashed out with its wicked needle-thin teeth at my face, slobber and foam flying from its mouth.
Remove the twin needle stylet, and thread the Micro Sensor from the tip of the needle until the appropriate length for placement the entrance from the hub.
It was Augusta who created the ranch house's Victorian elegance, adding her own fine needlepoint to the furnishings from Chicago, New York, and Europe.
Point the truck west and the engine is now to the left, so it pulls the compass needle left.
Further elaboration is needless and comments are unnecessary, we know. Noble Simplicity and the Liturgiologist Edmund Bishop
When indisposition, therefore, confined her to the limits of her own apartment, our heroine adopted the same mode of conduct observed at the Hermitage, during Mrs. Bertram’s illness: — she sung, she read, she assisted Mrs. Ross in any piece of fine needle-work which happened to be in hands at the time; and, in short, endeavoured to soften the painful or tedious moments of distress by every possible means best calculated for the purpose. Stella of the North, or the Foundling of the Ship
The bottom should be drawn up tightly, with a needleful of raffia, and a ball of twine of some bright harmonious color slipped in.
It doesn't move the needle very much when it comes to power or torque. Times, Sunday Times
If you look beneath the carriage, you can see that it has what looks like a shortened needle.
In this process, acupuncture needles are placed at selected points and then pulsed with an electric current to stimulate the acupuncture points.
And in a haystack of needles, just to complicate things a little. THE TOUCH OF INNOCENTS
To this day I'd rather walk around in a tatty shirt than break out the needle and thread to fix it myself.
hypodermic needle
If the plot of a novel requires that the villain render Nancy Drew unconscious, this may occur only by means of a blow to her head from behind; no chloroform, no needles. Letters to the Editor
Needless to say, I have a special place in my heart for onomatopoeias 1: the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss) 2: the use of words whose sound suggests the sense (thank you Merriam-Webster). Blog – syllable studio
Page 252 upwards and forwards; lay bare the digastric and stylo-hyoid muscles at the bottom of the wound, by means of the point of the director or the forceps and draw them forward with a blunt hook: hold the sites of the incision wide apart, carry the nerve and vein backward with the end of the finger, and cautiously open the sheath of the vessel; and then, with the artery isolated apply the ligature by means of an aneurismal needle. An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.
Basic hand-sewing techniques were demonstrated: a whip stitch and a straight stitch, along with how to thread a needle and make a knot.
All of these factor into the correct placement of the acupuncture needles.
He likes to put the needle in a little bit once in a while. Times, Sunday Times
There is, needless to say, some bitterness and disappointment that no system emerged after considerable expenditure.
He nodded abstractedly, went upstairs to the big, sunny sewing room, searched the family needlecase for a long stiff darning needle and extracted several rubber bands from the red cardboard box on the library table. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life
Delicately, she took up her crochet needles once more, and started her stitch.
It was a suffix that didn't need to be spoken, and Vinh knew how to stick his needle into a sensitive place. WITHOUT REMORSE
British racing has advanced in this regard but too many key races are still needlessly lost. Times, Sunday Times
The doctors stick needles in his veins and tubes up his nose. Christianity Today
Withal, as if to wear the time, Birdalone betook her diligently to her needlework, and fell to the cunningest of broidery; so that The Water of the Wondrous Isles
The wide range of works includes quilts, rugs, needlework, paintings, works on paper, weather vanes, whirligigs, decoys, and painted furniture.
After insertion of the needle into the lymph node, the stylet was removed.
Some yarns will give a neat sideways band using full needle rib but others look very floppy so beware.
If anaesthetic jelly is used, it will be squeezed into the urethra using a syringe without a needle, and will take effect in five to ten minutes.
Kostas wore his special protective clothing and took out a big sack and a smoke-box filled with pine needles. A high ladder had to be kept in the air in order not to frighten the bees, which were sitting high up in the tree, one on top of the other, creating a big revolving buzzing bee-ball.
Needless to say, the distinctions form a continuum, rather than discrete categories.
Like a tailor, he keeps big needles pinned behind the lapel of his coat, a plaid jacket too large for him.
Mama pretended to busy herself with threading a needle, but I could tell that it was only show.
Although from very modest circumstances, a number of students acquired needle skills and worked samplers that were the equivalent in style and expertise to those worked in the most fashionable schools in Baltimore.
If there are many volunteers then spotting them will be like trying to spot a needle in a haystack.
Freshwater gar (various species), especially spotted and longnose gar resemble needlefish in body type/form. "Fly" Fishing with Spider Silk and Kites
He stood before us smiling and open-eyed while he ran long needles into the fleshy part of his arms and legs without flinching, and he allowed one of the gentlemen present to pinch his skin in different parts with strong crenated pincers in a manner which bruised it, and which to most people would have caused intense pain. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use
Push up needles for full needle rib.
Among the other species are broom groundsel, James' catseye, narrow-leaf gromwell, narrow-leaved penstemon, needle and thread, nodding buckwheat, rubber rabbitbrush, and yucca.
Needless to say her lectures were oversubscribed - at her opening address, 200 students turned up to a lecture hall designed for 35.
He has constant pins and needles over his upper body and waning strength. Times, Sunday Times
The amnio is a needle through the abdomen too, and there's no reason it should hurt more than the CVS, as it's the same test, but I will say that it did hurt. No Matter What
Needless to say, the results are wildly uneven, vacillating from a hushed lament to a blistering assault within seconds.
We three had wandered away together into an alcove, else, 'tis almost needless to say, our daffing had not been so free. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45
Needless to say, Shade's unusual behavior early today was not going to go undiscussed.
tidied," Mrs. Somerville sat down on the bed and taking up some pieces of cloth began to tack them together with needle and thread, ready for the machine. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel
‘No,’ said Echo, beginning to feel tiny needle pricks in her eyes.
The nurse stuck the needle into my arm.
He believes that needle exchange schemes encourage drug addiction.
Today one can just use a needle and syringe to inject a drug into the bloodstream, but other means were needed in the days before hypodermics.
Obviously, there is no such thing as a GPS transceiver that can be implanted with a hypodermic needle as a tiny microchip.
He paid a $200 fine for possession of hypodermic syringes, needles, and other paraphernalia.
The extinct mammoths ate mainly grasses, sedges, and other riparian plants, salt bush, prickly pear, and even some needles of blue spruce.
By burning tree branches, pine needles, and pine cones, many not only warm their houses but improve the smell therein.
Needless to say, the UM with dataport is now high on their shopping list Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes - A Community for People Touched by Diabetes
Holding the needle thread tail, take a stitch to draw the bobbin thread to the tuck surface.
Throughout our conversation, as one veteran good-naturedly needles the other, all the teen-angst details come out.
Because of sampling errors and difficulties in obtaining an accurate diagnosis, excisional biopsy (rather than needle biopsy) of enlarged lymph nodes should be performed.
It was one inch long and made of paper-thin bone that globed above empty eyes and tapered at the front to a needle of beak. A Year on the Wing

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