piercingly
Example Sentences
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There, he earned a reputation as a piercingly thorough interviewer of victims and witnesses—but also an uncommonly gentle and sympathetic one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Her works achieve the difficult feat of synthesizing a coma-inducing dullness with piercingly shrill extended diatribes to create reverse masterpieces worthy of the most risible North Korean propaganda.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024
She turned to me, sharp jawed and her eyes narrow and piercingly blue.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
The unnerving sharp edges of Mariá Portugal’s piercingly dissonant score herald impending trouble.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2023
Three long-stemmed roses, so piercingly red I wondered if they were plastic, were in the vase.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
