The stars were pinpricks of light in a clear night sky.
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Pinprick
Synonyms for "pinprick" (80 found)
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5 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- дребна неприятност noun (a mildly annoying wound or damage)
- леко убождане noun (an insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point)
German
1 entries- Nadelstich noun (an insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point)
Hungarian
1 entries- tűszúrás noun (an insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point)
Russian
1 entries- прокол noun (an insignificant puncture made by a pin or similar point)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The water pinpricked her face as she stepped into the shower.
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By now it was dark, velvety dark with a moon, a darkness pinpricked by the lights from the landing place now drawing rapidly closer.
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He had always had to repress the urge to pinprick her enthusiasms.
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