pierce

Example Sentences

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Over time, they became emboldened, and at least one pierced both eggs.

From Los Angeles Times

"He had tattoos and he had his lip pierced and as someone who was into all that stuff myself, I was like, yeah, you look pretty cool."

From BBC

For the giant is motionless, and its chest is pierced with an ominous spear that rises 3,000 feet into the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal

The shrieking of its breath rose, piercing, agonizing, reverberating across the hill.

From Literature

Notably, the low of that base was marked by a bullish piercing line candle, hinting at underlying demand.

From Barron's