pierce

Example Sentences

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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

And grief is unpredictable – it sits there quietly only to rear up suddenly and pierce our hearts.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

You’re saying this was a situation where just having some rudimentary sense of who pays tariffs and how they work was an actual bonus because it got to pierce through what Sauer was saying.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025

Before that, I gently pierce its skin with a knife, just enough to release the precious fat after it liquefies.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

Papa-Nnukwu complained that she would make his feet too tender, that even soft stones would pierce his soles now because he never wore sandals in the village, though Aunty Ifeoma made him wear them here.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie