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

At Kochi, which is not affiliated with Hand Hospitality, every course is impaled on a skewer, whether it needs it or not.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2022

The emergency services managed to free him before he was transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge for surgery, still impaled by the tine.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2021

They staggered over slick glass ledges, around massive boulders, avoiding stalagmites that would’ve impaled them with any slip of the foot.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan