transfixion

Example Sentences

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And I think this transfixion that happens with this Greyhound, who I think I met once, you know, and then stands there transfixed, there’s a beauty in that—that there’s, you know, everything seems tied.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 20, 2019

Presently he sank back into his chair, holding one hand to his heart, that still throbbed from the strange transfixion.

From The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

Complete penetration or transfixion of the thoracic cavity is not necessarily fatal, and some marvelous instances of recovery after injuries of this nature, are recorded.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Complete transfixion of the abdomen does not always have a fatal issue.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Longmore gives an instance of complete transfixion by a lance of the right side of the chest and lung, the patient recovering.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)