piercing

Example Sentences

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A piercing reminder of reality follows this music of hope and reconciliation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Following a bullish piercing line on April 7, the stock went on to double into its Jan. 27 peak.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

"The most obvious indicator of device quality is the shape of the resonances and we want them to be deep and narrow, like a needle piercing through the signal background," Erikson said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

Malinin was among those in the crowd who gave Liu - the alt girl with her iconic halo hair and lip piercing - a standing ovation as she wrote herself into Olympic folklore.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

As she hesitated, the dragon turned his head toward her, his impenetrable black eyes piercing her.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin