Even from beyond the closed door, the shrill, insistent sound went through him like a hot needle.

His skin felt as if hot needles were being pricked into him constantly.

I felt as if hot needles were prickling me from head to toe.

The sound was like hot needles being forced under Joe's fingernails.

It collapsed within him, a balloon pierced by a hot needle.

He closed his eyes when she said that, as though she'd poked him with a hot needle.

The headache was getting worse, a pain behind her left eye like a hot needle.

Conan felt a million hot needles in his limbs as circulation returned.

To the victims it was as if hot needles were being passed through their flesh in many different directions at once.

It was like having his ears pricked with a hot needle.