Thesaurus / punctured
FEEDBACK- disenchanted
- embittered
- broken
- debunked
- enlightened
- freed
- knowing
- shattered
- sophisticated
- undeceived
- blasé
- brought down to earth
- disenthralled
- disentranced
- indifferent
- let-down
- mondaine
- out of love
- sadder and wiser
- worldly
- worldly-wise
- empty
- horizontal
- low
- unbroken
- even
- flush
- oblate
- plane
- reclining
- splay
- collapsed
- complanate
- decumbent
- deflated
- extended
- fallen
- outstretched
- planar
- planate
- pancake
- procumbent
- prone
- prostrate
- recumbent
- spread-out
- supine
- tabular
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How to use punctured in a sentence
John turned to us, dazed, his enthusiasm vanishing like air from a punctured balloon.
THE HOLES AND JOHN SMITHEDWARD W. LUDWIGYou see, we had no town to shoot up, so we just punctured the scenery.
THE HIGHGRADERWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINEPunctured wounds are those produced by sharp pointed bodies, such as pins or thorns.
A TREATISE ON SHEEP:AMBROSE BLACKLOCKTo avoid such occurrences, it is in many cases proper to convert a punctured into an incised wound.
A TREATISE ON SHEEP:AMBROSE BLACKLOCKAll the wounds which can be inflicted may be classed under the heads of incised, punctured, and lacerated.
A TREATISE ON SHEEP:AMBROSE BLACKLOCKShe sat with finger on lip deeply considering, while Dita still punctured the silence with loud occasional sobs.
THE BEAUTYMRS. WILSON WOODROWWhen the last balloon has been punctured George retires without acknowledging the applause of the Indians.
A PARODY OUTLINE OF HISTORYDONALD OGDEN STEWARTThe punctured edges are then drawn together, by means of strands of cobweb, to form a purse or pocket.
A BIRD CALENDAR FOR NORTHERN INDIADOUGLAS DEWARThose needles with which he punctured the flanks of his swine and cattle: what devils did they exorcise?
BLIND MAN'S LANTERNALLEN KIM LANGThe girl was struck beneath the left breast—a small punctured wound, but fatal!
THE SIGN OF SILENCEWILLIAM LE QUEUXWORDS RELATED TO PUNCTURED
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.