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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of pincushion.

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Examples

  • The rest fled for their lives, some riding double on their horses, most of which had been “pincushioned” with arrows and were bleeding profusely.

    EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010

  • That region still produces, but there aren't many big discoveries still to be made in the pincushioned ground.

    Where the oil is 2010

  • That region still produces, but there aren't many big discoveries still to be made in the pincushioned ground.

    BP disaster: Rare mix of geological factors created rich but dangerous reserves 2010

  • That region still produces, but there aren't many big discoveries still to be made in the pincushioned ground.

    Rare mix of geological factors created rich but dangerous reserves 2010

  • His body lay pincushioned … all from the swelling seeds within.

    THE SUNDERING RICHARD A. KNAAK 2005

  • If her body had been capable of projecting quills when upset, he would have been pincushioned.

    Stone and Anvil Peter David 2003

  • In a few of the rooms they found some of the staff, who had been lined up against a wall and pincushioned with arrows.

    Stone of Tears Goodkind, Terry 1995

  • Stretching out to the mountains at the other end of the ravine is a bumpy wasteland pincushioned with those things 1 saw earlier - cairns, monuments, whatever they are.

    the secret sense Tan, Amy 1995

  • His fur smoldered and his flanks were pincushioned with darts.

    The Silver Spike Cook, Glen 1989

  • All the steersmen were down, pincushioned, and Tito was handling the massive sweep alone, gasping black curses, his braced legs knots of straining thews.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

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