impaled
Example Sentences
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Karen Barwick from Carlisle is among those who dislikes the sight of these sturdy little creatures impaled on fences.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
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
“It’s sort of like if the Mona Lisa had been impaled somehow,” Neil Myers, a landscape artist who painted a 24-by-30-inch portrait of the cactus in 2007, told The Washington Post.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 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
