| Everyone was on pins and needles to see if the elections went off smoothly and fierce legal battles could be avoided. |
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| Everyone is on pins and needles, waiting for the Federal Reserve to announce its decision on interest rates within the hour. |
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| I didn't want to spend the rest of the evening on pins and needles, avoiding him because I was afraid of a confrontation. |
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| It will keep people on pins and needles for the next 48 months but we'll keep trucking along. |
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| With the world glued to their TVs, watching on pins and needles, NASA today scrubbed the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery at the last minute. |
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| People are on pins and needles to see what controversial remarks high-ranking officials in the Roh administration will make next. |
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| The rest of us were on pins and needles until they returned in about 45 minutes with the aircraft still in good shape and ready to take us out. |
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| He had finally perfected what he was going to say, and he was waiting on pins and needles for his chance to put all his worries to rest. |
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| Well, we're on pins and needles until we hear any confirmation, if there is any to be had on the latest rumors regarding DNA results, everyone. |
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| Now they sit on pins and needles, figuratively speaking, because, now that you're back, they don't know if you are to be depended upon. |
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| Julie and James were on pins and needles hoping that the implant would be a success. |
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| Then we are all on pins and needles, using all our energy and resources waiting for the axe to fall again. |
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| The entire world has been on pins and needles since President Bush named Saddam Hussein's Iraq as part of the axis of evil. |
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| After my hiv test, I waited for two weeks on pins and needles because John already had it. |
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| And, with a heart on pins and needles, I can say that the pseudonym that gave meaning to my vocation, has also baptized me without my being aware of it. |
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| The staff and team never knew which one to expect, and therefore often walked on pins and needles until they figured out who was leading them that day. |
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| Merlin hesitated a moment or two, and I was on pins and needles during that little while. |
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