Adjective
She looked at me with piercing eyes, and I was suddenly frightened that she knew what I had done.
I tried to avoid his piercing stare.
She felt a piercing sadness when she heard the news. Noun
There's a small shop in town where they do tattooing and body piercing.
She got another ear piercing.
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Adjective
Where is the voice—broken and piercing and fierce—on behalf of these women?—Michal Herzog, TIME, 12 July 2024 The sad and piercing voice of the funeral crier continued, reciting the phrases over and over, and very soon the cries of women and children filled the night air.—Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Noun
Tattoo Expo: Get inked by a touring coterie of body artists specializing in tattoos, piercings and other body modifications — plus live entertainment.—Erin Alberty, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024 Studs offers needle-only piercings—as opposed to the imprecise gun method—and requires its employees to undergo a six-week apprenticeship.—The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for piercing
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