What is "pinpricked"

Usage examples of "pinpricked".

Tenia glanced at the large red graze pinpricked with tiny dots of blood on her upper arm.

Overhead, the familiar constellations winked into being, pinpricked against a lilac sky.

As my eyes became accustomed to the low light where the purple-black sky met the sea I could see hundreds of tiny lights which pinpricked the bulkhead of the ship and shone out into the night like the countless stars above me.

A dull black window expanded rapidly in each Cardinal’s phenomenological worlds, showing a pinpricked expanse of black, a plump, charcoal dusted crescent, a curved, silverbright sliver.

The night was brilliant with stars, but thick with summer heat, the air compressed and heavy beneath the pinpricked sky.

Overhead, the sky was pinpricked with stars, and the air about them was sweet and warm.