impaled

Example Sentences

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That’s when the Yankees impaled themselves on their pinstripes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

Matthew Mason, 20, was installing a PA system at Bearsden train station, East Dunbartonshire, on 5 June 2018 when he fell and was impaled on metal piping.

From BBC • May 16, 2023

Local fire department personnel and state police responded early Saturday to find the animal not impaled on the structure but unable to get its belly and rear legs over the top.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022

The original “money-grubbers” earned their living selling squirming insect larvae impaled on sticks for snacks.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

As I stood debating what to do, my eyes wandered about, and fell upon several placards, in red ink, impaled upon a nearby fence.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane