impale

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

The film’s writers, directors and stars lovingly impale bloodsucker mythology with the sharpened wooden stick of comedy.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2015

“I managed to snag it after you dropped it. The boar did try to impale me too, but… perks of being a ghost, and all that.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

“Prey” dangles and impales oak-tree chunks on a black steel frame, suggesting technology’s role in subjugating nature.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2021

The Doctors Dr. Ordon’s coronavirus diagnosis and road to recovery; a toothbrush impales child; children’s teeth reveal emotional trauma; instant eye de-puffer; hospice care; liver cancer risk.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2020

But suck it up, because next is a pure songwriting masterclass in “Shrike,” which is titled after a bird that impales insects on thorns.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2019

“Emperor of Mongolia, Emperor of China,” he roars, “I will be Emperor of the world!”–and impales a map with his sword.

From Time ● Dec. 11, 2014

It is the cry of the Northern shrike, of whom tradition says that he catches little birds and impales them on sharp thorns.

From Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness by Henry Van Dyke

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

And when a Labrador retriever owned by another company officer gulped down a bagel impaled with a toothpick, he said, most of the resulting $10,5000 surgical bill was covered as well.

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 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 was a specimen impaled on a pin, ready for study, and mathematicians were quick to analyze it.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

An American, 47, reportedly tried to climb over a fence in Piazza del Colosseo, presumably to get a closer look at the Colosseum, before falling and impaling himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

The new 0.6-mile route replaces one general traffic lane of West Marginal Way Southwest with waist-high concrete dividers for the two-way bike lane, along with yellow-and-black steel attenuators that prevent drivers from impaling their cars.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

The insect-eating birds have beaks like swords, appropriate for stabbing and impaling insects.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The Mind Flayer is moments away from impaling El and the gate has to be shut down.

From Washington Post ● May 27, 2022

When the railroad police came through the train, impaling the haystacks to flush out stowaways, the trainers packed the boys into tack trunks.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand