He wished the needle of the compass would stop jumping.

The pine needles shielding him from view would not stop bullets.

He suspended the money bag to the hook; the needle oscillated, and stopped.

A needle on the dial wobbled around a little bit and stopped.

The needle swung aimlessly and finally stopped, pointing in another direction entirely.

The needle had barely stopped jiggling when the telephone rang.

"Throw him back," she said, and her needles never stopped.

On his first attempt, the needle had only gone in a short distance and stopped.

She sidestepped to the Mars scale, the needle of which stopped at seven pounds.

Molly's needles stopped, and the Mayor's outstretched hand remained in the air.