piercing

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A doji candle on March 12 inspires confidence that a bottom could be in play here, which also retested a powerful bullish piercing line candle from Jan. 8.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Servin remembered her daughter as a bubbly toddler with piercing blue eyes who wriggled with delight at the sight of Elmo.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

"The most obvious indicator of device quality is the shape of the resonances and we want them to be deep and narrow, like a needle piercing through the signal background," Erikson said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

Malinin was among those in the crowd who gave Liu - the alt girl with her iconic halo hair and lip piercing - a standing ovation as she wrote herself into Olympic folklore.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

“It surely has, Miss Lumley. Just look on the mail tray,” the girl replied in her piercing mouse squeak of a voice.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood