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  • verb Present participle of pinprick.

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Examples

  • The patches of raw skin on her cheek and palms suddenly blazed to pinpricking life, and she had to blink away tears.

    Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010

  • The patches of raw skin on her cheek and palms suddenly blazed to pinpricking life, and she had to blink away tears.

    Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010

  • The patches of raw skin on her cheek and palms suddenly blazed to pinpricking life, and she had to blink away tears.

    Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010

  • The patches of raw skin on her cheek and palms suddenly blazed to pinpricking life, and she had to blink away tears.

    Raven Speak Diane Lee Wilson 2010

  • London, told him that the Union Government was "pursuing a policy of pinpricking and goading the non-whites to the point of explosion."

    STATEMENT IN THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1961

  • But those scores kept Waterford within striking distance, pinpricking Clare's momentum.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • While Samwell claims in his ad for the store that he thinks his shop's opening is perfectly timed for Valentine's Day, what does it say about the way going D.I.Y. on the Internet locks artists into their first big gesture, and dooms them to a lifetime of less-funny-over-time cameos, all referencing their first pinpricking of the YouTube masses 'flabby, sorta-bored consciousness?

    Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip 2009

  • The concept of pinpricking-for-pain style voodoo dolls is mostly a product of Hollywood

    GetReligion 2008

  • The concept of pinpricking-for-pain style voodoo dolls is mostly a product of Hollywood.

    Aftermath News 2008

  • I’ve been loving Bob Somerby’s pinpricking of Frank Rich, Gore and the 200 election these last few weeks.

    Firedoglake » FDL Book Salon — Lapdogs, Pt. I 2006

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