pierced

Example Sentences

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Amid the fusillade of terrible headlines this year, one pierced my nerdy heart.

From Los Angeles Times

Santa Margarita’s defense must be pierced for Centennial to win.

From Los Angeles Times

The snowplow also shattered his ribs in 14 places, collapsed his lung and pierced his liver.

From Los Angeles Times

The other struck the back of his upper right arm, pierced the shoulder joint and opened up a gaping hole on the way out.

From Washington Post

Court precedents have long held, dating back to the Watergate era, that executive privilege can be pierced in the course of a criminal investigation like a grand jury probe.

From Washington Post