Pointers — goads

Usage examples of needles.

The thought made him smile as he lathered himself beneath the pulsing needles of water that all but filled the steamy shower enclosure.

One was full of books, a spyglass, small boxes of fishing lures, the segments of her split bamboo fly rod, a packet of embroidery needles and floss, and other items.

It ignored the hot needles of fatigue that stitched across her shoulders and made her thighs quiver beneath the flowing, sea-green chiffon gown.

The snake quivered along its thick length, making a sound like pine needles shaken in a paper bag.

Pine needles and sharp stones smarted against her bare feet, but she noticed them only at a distance.

Just lifting the pick had sent hot needles of protest up her arms and shoulders.

Everything was magnified—the soft scrape of leather soles on pavement, the rub of needles against branches, the fluid ripple of sprinklers on another hill, the whisper of silk caressing her legs.

He eased between two large pines, letting the fallen needles cushion the sound of his footsteps.

Centuries of pine needles softened the impact of hooves on the ground, giving a silence that was almost eerie to the horses’ passage.

The tone was a caress as intangible and undeniable as the subtle currents flowing through the Spanish needles, stitching together two halves of an enigmatic whole.

He simply accepted it as he had the uncanny currents of the Spanish needles, a mystery that didn’t have to be understood to be used.

Hours ago they had started working with the needles here, then had gone on to other parts of the valley.

Rarely did the needles come apart, despite the rocky, uneven terrain and the detours around trees or fallen logs.

The needles pivoted slowly, as though pinned to a point uphill and beneath the pile of rubble.

Despite that, it should have been impossible to keep the needles in touch.