piercing
Example Sentences
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Even its piercing eyes are crafted from vehicle bearings, completing a sculpture that is both intricate and awesome.
From Barron's
Servin remembered her daughter as a bubbly toddler with piercing blue eyes who wriggled with delight at the sight of Elmo.
From Los Angeles Times
Following a bullish piercing line on April 7, the stock went on to double into its Jan. 27 peak.
From Barron's
A piercing shriek exploded from the ground and filled the air so that it must have reached every ear within a mile.
From Literature
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"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
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