pierced

Example Sentences

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Every design-meets-fashion head’s dream is having a pierced mouth clutch molded out of a rigid wood, no?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

“Her heart was pierced because of what she would see,” Wille said, in what struck me as a moment of restrained insight.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Iran’s Riyadh attack pierced the tranquility of that leafy enclave, which houses most foreign embassies along with thousands of expats and Saudis, including top business executives, a few ministers and even some royals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

He told the jury he learned the injury had pierced her skin and became "concerned the diagnosis may be rabies".

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

She had stylish new clothes, pink plastic sandals, and almost-emerald earrings in her newly pierced ears.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer