needle fly

noun

1. a small stonefly of the genus Leuctra, whose rolled-up wings at rest give it a slender pointed appearance

Example Sentences

Now that we were alone, it was necessary to make the needle fly.

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But, no: down sat the shadow, and began to sew, making her needle fly like a real little seamstress.

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Here Jessie sat down and began to make her bright little needle fly almost as swiftly as if it had been in a sewing-machine.

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They were chattering in their vivacious way, and one of them was making her crochet needle fly as fast as her tongue.

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And she picked up her work again, and made the needle fly faster than ever.

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