pierced

Example Sentences

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In the alcove of the first floor, guests can shop for the Pierced Handbag or Balloon Bag, or head up to the third floor’s sunlit atrium to find jewelry and ready-to-wear clothing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

Pierced by winding rivers and dotted with ponds and lakes, the Jiangnan region in China’s lower Yangtze area is famously the home of Shanghai, the country’s biggest city.

From Washington Post • May 19, 2022

Pierced by injury, they fell in the N.L.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022

Pierced twice, the cat still freed itself from the fence and ran away.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2019

Pierced by every word that was spoken, the tight balloon of Bernard’s happy self-confidence was leaking from a thousand wounds.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley