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Meanings of sewing needle in English
Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
Synonyms
Examples for "dragonfly"
Examples for "dragonfly"
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We visited Avondale House in Wicklow and enjoyed the dragonfly nature reserve.
2
VandenBrooks said tracheal volume may be tied to prehistoric dragonfly body size.
3
The wings split like dragonfly gossamers, poised for increased maneuvering and power.
4
The thought came and went like a dragonfly skimming the river's surface.
5
An angry dragonfly shape passed overhead as the first Apache took aim.
1
Patty threw down her darning needle and clapped her hands with delight.
2
Why, I turned away three score of them with a darning needle.
3
Using kitchen string or unwaxed dental floss, thread a large darning needle.
4
Spinning wheel, loom, and darning needle were to lie idle that day.
5
He held up the slim, steel darning needle to the light.
1
One of my pets, after plying her mother with about forty questions, wound up with, Mother, how does the devil's darning needle sleep?
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Down South the colored people believe the dragon fly brings dead snakes to life, and they call it snake doctor.
2
They believed that the presence of dragonflies, which they called snake doctors, meant a serpent lay nearby.
3
Snake doctors, limber, long insects with bronze bodies and filmy wings, went back and forth like small living shuttles.
4
"I tell you what," observed Geary; "get some court-plaster at the snake doctor's just above here."
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For this reason it is sometimes called mosquito hawk.
Usage of sewing needle in English
1
She vaulted to her feet, pricking her finger on her sewing needle.
2
The twins might already have a sewing needle and disinfectant, but this was Italy.
3
They used to tattoo each other with a sewing needle dipped in black ink.
4
An imaginary sewing needle turned slowly in the wound, producing a cold flare of pain.
5
One of the women picked up a sewing needle and gripped it like a weapon.
6
One guy confessed to breaking a sewing needle.
7
A suspected sewing needle was also found in a sandwich by a passenger on an Atlanta-bound flight.
8
Due to the use of sewing needle, this activity is recommended for ages six-years old and up.
9
McClean is sitting under a tarp made from a parachute, tattooing his ankle with a sewing needle.
10
In the first aid kit he found a small sewing needle and a ball of black thread.
11
Collect the specimens with a magnetized sewing needle and mount the specimens onto microscope slides for further investigation.
12
Look. He flipped up the top of the pack on a hinge not bigger than a sewing needle.
13
She sat me on the bedroom floor and gathered a sewing needle, pink thread, ice, and a wine cork.
14
A sewing needle thus floating upon water may be used as a compass, if it has previously been magnetized.
15
The water felt like someone was pouring acid over my face and scratching my eyes with a sewing needle.
16
He stops tattooing his knees and begins tattooing his back blindly, rapidly poking an inky sewing needle into his skin.
Translations for sewing needle
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