Example Sentences

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An American, 47, reportedly tried to climb over a fence in Piazza del Colosseo, presumably to get a closer look at the Colosseum, before falling and impaling himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

The new 0.6-mile route replaces one general traffic lane of West Marginal Way Southwest with waist-high concrete dividers for the two-way bike lane, along with yellow-and-black steel attenuators that prevent drivers from impaling their cars.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

The insect-eating birds have beaks like swords, appropriate for stabbing and impaling insects.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Oltmann also added during his podcast that he could have been worse off, but he was already taking the antibiotic doxycycline after accidentally impaling himself with an arrow at his brother's house.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2021

When the railroad police came through the train, impaling the haystacks to flush out stowaways, the trainers packed the boys into tack trunks.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand