impale

Example Sentences

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In it, a girl runs barefoot through the snow in a filmy nightie, blood in her tracks, until she falls into a pit and is impaled by sharpened sticks.

From New York Times

The Goteborg District Court said Fatosh Ibrahim “on two occasions published photographs of severed heads impaled on the fence” of a Raqqa roundabout, placed there by Islamic State group militants.

From Washington Times

Injured people staggering out of what was left of their homes, impaled with debris.

From Washington Post

She wore a bowler hat impaled with a Union flag and brandished another in her hand.

From BBC

The Mind Flayer is moments away from impaling El and the gate has to be shut down.

From Washington Post