impaled

Example Sentences

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That’s when the Yankees impaled themselves on their pinstripes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

Local fire department personnel and state police responded early Saturday to find the animal not impaled on the structure but unable to get its belly and rear legs over the top.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022

She wore a bowler hat impaled with a Union flag and brandished another in her hand.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2022

The original “money-grubbers” earned their living selling squirming insect larvae impaled on sticks for snacks.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

I slipped through a crowd of tourists strolling along the walkway, narrowly avoiding being impaled by the metal tip of a lady’s parasol as she bobbed it merrily about.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros