How to Use pierce in a Sentence

pierce

verb

• A scream pierced the silence.
• The bullet pierced his lung.
• The needle pierced her skin.
• The bullet pierced through his lung.
• The needle pierced into her skin.
• The sniper’s round hit him in his left arm and then pierced his left lung.
  — Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
• Just be sure to pierce them with a fork before placing them in the microwave.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2024
• Screams of desperation pierce the air amid the sound of sirens in the distance.
  — Julia Jester, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
• She had been stabbed once in the back and, an autopsy later found, the blade had pierced her heart.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• Pieces of glass rained down, piercing her shoulder and foot.
  — Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024
• One bullet pierced through the window of a 3-year-old girl’s playroom.
  — Jason Beeferman, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
• And in the third, another boy lies in a red T-shirt darkened by the blood from wounds that pierce his jaw.
  — Sarah El Sirgany, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
• The needles pierce the skin, in very specific places, up to one inch deep.
  — Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 9 Dec. 2022
• The autopsy found he'd been stabbed three times, once in the hip and twice in the chest, including a wound that pierced his heart.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 14 Apr. 2023
• One shard of shrapnel pierced his back while another drilled through the flesh of his arm and into the bone.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• Brosso had suffered a fatal stab wound to her back that pierced her lung and aorta.
  — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
• Both women had suffered a fatal stab wound to the back that pierced their lungs and aortas.
  — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
• Robert Wone had three clean slits on his chest, including one that had pierced his heart.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2023
• One of the shots, police said in a statement, pierced the trunk of the car, went through the passenger compartment and hit the 3-year-old.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
• His liver was also pierced, and one of his lungs collapsed.
  — Dan Heching, CNN, 16 Apr. 2023
• Then, the mosquito uses one stylet—the labrum—to prod around, seeking a blood vessel to pierce.
  — John Sass, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023
• Soft sand is easy to pierce but hard ground will require a narrower spike.
  — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
• But on the other hand, Howard’s goal is to make every episode feel like a culture piercing event.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
• Using a sharp 8- to 10-inch skewer, pierce a potato lengthwise all the way through the center.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Nov. 2022
• In a May 4 incident in the Strait of Gibraltar, a group of three orcas pierced the rudder of a sailboat.
  — Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023
• My sweetest Dump Truck, saying goodbye to you has deeply pierced my soul.
  — Jill Lupupa, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023
• Several skulls were pierced by round holes, evidence that the victims had been shot in the head.
  — Constant Méheut Samuel Aranda, New York Times, 18 July 2023
• Before placing your eggs in the boiling water, pierce them at the bottom with an egg piercer.
  — Benjamin Liong Setiawan, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• The settings changed, but his style stayed constant: notes that could pierce cut like a switchblade, but also revel in the melody of a song.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2023
• This piercing blue-green hue is both brash and beautiful.
  — Jacob Kurowicki, Car and Driver, 3 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024