piercingly
Example Sentences
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There, he earned a reputation as a piercingly thorough interviewer of victims and witnesses—but also an uncommonly gentle and sympathetic one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
The one concern I had about a Yiddish “Fiddler” was the loss of Harnick’s piercingly simple lyrics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025
Her works achieve the difficult feat of synthesizing a coma-inducing dullness with piercingly shrill extended diatribes to create reverse masterpieces worthy of the most risible North Korean propaganda.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024
The effects of colonialism can be piercingly specific.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2023
She could hear Calder’s voice piercingly high with fright: “If you come any closer, I’ll put my knee through it. I will. Then you’ll be in big trouble.”
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
