impale

Example Sentences

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They evolved near the base of the ant family tree and sported sharp, sickle-shaped tusks that may have slammed upward to impale other insects.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2019

In any case, it’s an environment that you move around in, not some map you impale with little pins.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 30, 2018

Some female chimpanzees sharpen sticks with their teeth and use them to impale bush babies for food.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2018

“As soon as you impale that apple on the nail, decay begins,” Viancour says.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2017

I watched, certain that it was about to impale itself on the broken limb, but the jagged spear of hard wood barely dimpled its chest before splintering.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss