pierce

Asked whether the tagging is painful, he says it is a minor discomfort, like having your ears pierced.

However, a bright light that illuminates Felix Gold’s site now sometimes pierces the otherwise starlit night sky.

“We were about to launch—like tick-tock,” when a shout pierced the air.

I found Mr. Branagh so enthralling that I occasionally had to glance down at the photo of Mr. Hopkins, with his piercing blue eyes and age-lined face, to remind myself whose story it was.

Tall and thin, with a bony face and piercing eyes, Abel spoke fluent German and English, in addition to Russian.