How to Use hypodermic needle in a Sentence
hypodermic needle
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Now, Democrats want to bring out the hypodermic needle for the 2020 elections.
—Marc A. Thiessen, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2019
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In a lunchbox on the kitchen stove, police found a spoon and hypodermic needle plunger.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 22 Apr. 2021
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One nurse would peel back the waistband of my pants and stick a hypodermic needle into my left hip.
—Jaime Lowe, Esquire, 26 Sep. 2017
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Police found a hypodermic needle in his pocket, and a small amount of blood was on his hands.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 3 July 2020
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The frantic trendiness of the first half hour works as a hypodermic needle of off-the-chain 2002 nostalgia.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2022
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Police later found a hypodermic needle in a trash can and a glass pipe inside the man's coat.
—Brian Lisik/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 8 Jan. 2018
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Police found a hypodermic needle in the man’s sock during the arrest, but no drugs were found.
—Brian Lisik, cleveland, 30 Nov. 2019
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The barbed quills also slide in with less force than a hypodermic needle of the same width, or than the quill of an African porcupine, which doesn’t have any barbs (see end of post).
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2012
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His bare legs and arms are covered in open sores, and a hypodermic needle dangles from one of his biceps.
—Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2023
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When the older man stepped out of the vehicle’s passenger seat, a used hypodermic needle fell to the ground.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2022
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There are even hypodermic needles being tossed in the pits along with human waste and other garbage.
—latimes.com, 3 June 2019
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The moment the fangs touch the glove, the venom glands plunge like hypodermic needles, shooting poison into saline.
—Kyle Dickman, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
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In the woman’s purse, police found two glass vials with residue, a glass container and a hypodermic needle cap.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2020
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Then police noticed the man had been holding a hypodermic needle in his hand.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 22 Apr. 2021
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Also found in the house were several hypodermic needles and a pile of a white powdery substance on the living room floor.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 1 Mar. 2018
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Hood points out that bed bug males use a hypodermic needle penises to simply pierce the female abdomen.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 30 May 2017
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Throughout the event, the suspect brandished a hypodermic needle, filled with an unknown substance, as a weapon.
—Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2018
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The hypodermic needle was recovered and disposed of at the fire station.
—cleveland, 25 Sep. 2021
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Police searched the man and found three hypodermic needles in his underwear.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 19 July 2019
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The computer selected one hand at random, and then a hypodermic needle entered the picture and stabbed into the flesh of that hand.
—The Economist, 4 Nov. 2019
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The guy who sells hypodermic needles near the Somerset El station?
—Aubrey Whelan, Philly.com, 24 May 2018
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Police found hypodermic needles in his pants pocket and book bag.
—cleveland, 28 Sep. 2019
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The woman was found with a hypodermic needle and admitted to having done heroin earlier in the day.
—Brian Lisik, cleveland, 13 July 2020
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Someone called about finding a hypodermic needle on the ground early Nov. 28.
—cleveland, 2 Dec. 2022
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Agents found bags of hypodermic needles, latex gloves and Naloxone.
—Tim Darnell, ajc, 26 Feb. 2020
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Police responded to the coffee shop at about 6:20 a.m. and were told that a man threatened employees with a hypodermic needle.
—Mikaela Porter, courant.com, 31 May 2018
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The city also has doubled the size of a cleanup crew dedicated to disposing of hypodermic needles discarded on the streets.
—Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 6 May 2018
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Researchers push a hypodermic needle through the bottle's cork and extract about a milliliter of liquid.
—David Williams, CNN, 24 Jan. 2020
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The sharp objects were so prevalent that one woman reported getting pricked by a hypodermic needle wedged in a seat cushion.
—Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2019
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The sensory feast to which they were treated included the sights and smells of sprawling homeless encampments, and an obstacle course littered with hypodermic needles and all the diverse fecal ...
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 13 Nov. 2023
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