impale

Example Sentences

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The gesture was aimed at Mayfield, who in 2017 tried to impale an Oklahoma flag into the turf at Ohio Stadium after leading the Sooners to a win over the Buckeyes.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2019

They evolved near the base of the ant family tree and sported sharp, sickle-shaped tusks that may have slammed upward to impale other insects.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2019

In any case, it’s an environment that you move around in, not some map you impale with little pins.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 30, 2018

“As soon as you impale that apple on the nail, decay begins,” Viancour says.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2017

Horrified, they watched Papa squeamishly impale a muddy worm on the hook.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith