How to Use impale in a Sentence

impale

verb

• At the next practice, Jones impaled his left hand on the screw and needed a tetanus shot.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 22 June 2023
• Some cars were impaled by flying pieces of wood and steel.
  — NBC News, 8 Sep. 2019
• An Italian track cyclist was impaled by a piece of wood that had come up on the track.
  — Evan Hilbert, USA TODAY, 21 July 2019
• In the game, Joel falls off a balcony and gets impaled on a piece of metal, but in this episode he gets stabbed.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Feb. 2023
• Half of their roof caved in, and a neighbor’s fence impaled the wall of Katelyn’s bedroom.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 10 Nov. 2019
• His son later found his mom hunched over in a nearby barn, impaled on the rake.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 24 Sep. 2019
• And in the end, Chris uses those mounted antlers to impale and kill Dean and earn his escape.
  — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 4 Mar. 2018
• Some of them have tennis balls impaled on the curved metal runners at the front, called kufens.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2018
• A piece of the suspension had broken through the chasis and impaled his leg.
  — Brody Miller, Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2017
• A piece of the suspension had broken through the chassis and impaled his leg.
  — Brody Miller, USA TODAY Sports, 21 June 2017
• Each of her glass slippers is outfitted with a nail that would impale the heel of any would-be princess.
  — Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2021
• Doctors in India saved a man who was impaled by a 4-foot poll that went through his groin and out his neck.
  — Melanie Dadourian, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
• But the thrill in this bull run is not being trampled by a stampede or impaled by horns.
  — Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, 1 July 2018
• Throats are slit, noses are bitten off, torsos are impaled, and one dude has his head clamped in a bear trap.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2023
• Valle had crashed it into a steel light pole and was going so fast that half of the car had been impaled by the pole, police say.
  — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2020
• In the game, Joel falls from a balcony and is impaled in the stomach after landing on a rebar.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 27 Feb. 2023
• The burger is stacked so high with meat and garnishes, the kitchen impales the beast with a wooden skewer to keep it in place.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• Twenty years ago, Stephanie Murray was impaled by a steel bar on I-95.
  — Marci Shatzman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 June 2018
• The impact of the crash tore off her clothing, leaving her bleeding, nude and impaled – and covered with tiny bits of gold.
  — Donna Freedman, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2020
• Last week, a woman was impaled by a beach umbrella on the New Jersey shore.
  — Fox News, 23 July 2018
• Tabor, a pipefitter, crashed into a fence and was impaled in the abdomen by a two-inch pole.
  — Fox News, 20 Feb. 2020
• The Lycra-Legged Screamer swerved, clipped a nun on a Unicycle and was impaled on a selfie stick.
  — Joyce Wadler, New York Times, 18 June 2018
• It was impaled by a fork lift before a connecting flight.
  — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 20 Dec. 2017
• Researchers believe the dinosaur held its prey with its arms, then kicked it with one leg, using its hind claw to impale and kill it.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2022
• This is all the more notable as, for a fairly sizable chunk of the film, the tree branch she’s been impaled upon is sticking out of her stomach.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 10 May 2018
• Some tree stands have a spike in the middle on which to impale the tree; others use adjustable bolts or fasteners to hold it upright.
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
• Hoisted his body onto the spike of his mother’s bed frame in an effort to impale himself.
  — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023
• The very first kill of the season involves a man falling from a 15-story balcony and landing in a tree, fully impaled.
  — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2018
• One old Pomo woman looked on in horror as two whites impaled a little girl on the bayonets of their guns and tossed the body in the water.
  — George Skelton, latimes.com, 20 June 2019
• But the struggle that matters in Stuart’s life isn’t his quest to impale a bit of wayward currency.
  — Parker Smith, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024