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
“Fred looked directly and piercingly at me with words I would never forget,” Khachigian writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2024
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
Nights, however, continue to be freezing, and have become piercingly cold amid the dry weather.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
The sound rang out piercingly shrill and sweet, and almost before the echo rebounded a joyous, answering bark rang around the surrounding hills.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
