impaled
Example Sentences
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That’s when the Yankees impaled themselves on their pinstripes.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
But in one Lebanese mansion an anonymous painting — pierced by shards of glass from a blown-out window and impaled by wood from the window frame — gained something extraordinary.
From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022
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
He probably could have impaled Jason several times, but the giant insisted on doing a pirouette with every attack, which slowed him down.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
