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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A thousand pinpricks of scalding steam grew to knife-points and the knives twisted.
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And above, the pinpricks of light wheeling on.
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More pinpricks of light were moving down there.
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Neurological examination showed reduced pinprick sensation in both feet.
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The river was alive with pinpricks of light.
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Though we may momentarily feel warmth, discomfort or shame, our emotions are rarely more than pinpricks.
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Why the pinprick on the left arm?
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Yet nausea and bone-weariness were mere pinpricks compared to the emotional upheaval she was going through.