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pinprick
[pin-prik]
pinprick
/ ˈɪˌɪ /
noun
a slight puncture made by or as if by a pin
a small irritation
verb
(tr) to puncture with or as if with a pin
Example Sentences
"Nowadays, we literally need a pinprick size amount of blood or any other cellular material to be able to get a full profile."
It’s death by a thousand pinpricks, a succession of small indignities.
The blast created a mini-sandstorm that pelted the gallery of patrons like a million pinpricks.
Specifically, they can unfold a single proton into multiple higher dimensions, enabling them to print computer circuits with the surface area of a planet onto a particle smaller than a pinprick.
But Jackson ignored the sounds and the smells and the pinpricks of pain.
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