pierce

Example Sentences

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The noise is deafening: Horns blare, whistles pierce the piercing cold.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026

Stocks may find it challenging to pierce through higher longer-term bond rates heading into 2026 especially given that U.S. equities already trade at expensive valuations and broader indexes are largely led by rate-sensitive tech companies.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

The building stretches far above our heads, its 400 million pounds suspended by 14 fan-shaped steel columns that pierce the lobby’s marble floor and burrow into Manhattan’s bedrock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Gints Zilbalodis’ “Flow” uses those two features to pierce the heart and reach the deep well of nostalgia that lives inside us before turning the film on its head.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025

A shard of ice seemed to pierce Harry’s heart.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling