The needle darted swiftly left and right, and left and left, and Lyra felt her mind dart to the meanings and land on them as lightly as a bird.

And now it's telling me something else..." She bent over the instrument, concentrating furiously as the needle darted this way and that.

The two broad eyes approached my face, and suddenly I felt a stinging pain as if two large needles darted, an inch or two apart, deep into my breast.

Just a few more knots ... he thought, inching back the control stick when the needle darted past 150 knots.

The needle darted a quarter-way further over, and then began to descend slowly.

Roping needles darted unceasingly, turning out hills of extra sail.

A shining needle darted in and out of the gray cloth, and the rent that had seemed hopeless was being closed up with neatness and precision.

From the sleeve of his robe, a glistening needle darted, embedded itself in Farok's neck.