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
The film’s writers, directors and stars lovingly impale bloodsucker mythology with the sharpened wooden stick of comedy.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2015
Horrified, they watched Papa squeamishly impale a muddy worm on the hook.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Vocabulary lists containing impale
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