pinprick

Preposition: of

• light: The end of the tunnel is coming in sight; Just ahead you can see a pinprick of light.
• blood: If your platelet count is low you could also get blood blisters or a rash that looks like pinpricks of blood under the skin.
• bile: A pinprick of vicious bile 25 March 2006 @ 23:13 Permalink I feel sorry for my poor wife.

Converse of object

• see: The end of the tunnel is coming in sight; Just ahead you can see a pinprick of light.
• compare: But these are pinpricks compared to the overall impression of England's dismal performances in the past two games.
• use: Research has shown that the ice is a better method of ascertaining a complete numbness that using a pinprick.

Adjective modifier

• tiny: In a drawer, facedown, your photo lies, with tiny pinpricks in the corners.
• small: The needles are inserted rapidly into the key acupuncture points, and this should feel like a small pinprick at most.
• hot: When the light is emitted there is a sharp sensation of a hot pinprick.

Modifies a noun

• hole: We have developed a technique whereby a tiny pinprick hole is made in the iris.
• sensation: Alternatively test gently for loss of pinprick sensation using a sterile needle.