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.
• Scrub well and dry, then pierce in a few places with a fork.
  — Steven Raichlen New York Times, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
• The bullet didn't pierce, and Salter was shot and killed.
  — Carolyn Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2022
• The sniper’s round hit him in his left arm and then pierced his left lung.
  — Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
• With a fork, pierce the eggplant about 4 times all around.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2021
• But then a mother’s screams would pierce the air and disabuse me of the thought.
  — Ahmed Abu Artema, TIME, 12 Oct. 2024
• Rabenn had no real idea how to pierce the veil of the blockchain's anonymity.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2022
• If the wind is volatile, then the light is vivid, piercing, and constant.
  — Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024
• Take the fruit from the water and, using the tip of a knife or your thumb nail, pierce the skin and peel it off!
  — Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2021
• Using the tip of a sharp knife, pierce each eggplant twice.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022
• The actress’s enormous eyes serve as high beams that pierce through all the dirty chaos.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
• Just be sure to pierce them with a fork before placing them in the microwave.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2024
• In most of his videos, the internet chef starts off by throwing a knife down to pierce the counter.
  — Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 22 Apr. 2022
• Screams of desperation pierce the air amid the sound of sirens in the distance.
  — Julia Jester, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
• For a moment, the display of her own heart felt like a piercing kind of grace.
  — Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
• But more and more, law enforcement has been able to pierce the veil of anonymity.
  — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 13 May 2022
• Don't look for any of this controversy to pierce the Games.
  — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022
• 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 might that be a way to pierce some of this hesitancy?
  — CBS News, 27 June 2021
• 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
• Pelosi said the hammer hit her husband in two places, but did not pierce his brain.
  — Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 8 Nov. 2022
• The arrow pierced the hat, and as the sun turned them all to stone, the hat became Torghatten, with its iconic hole.
  — David Nikel, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
• More swords fall from the ceiling, with one nearly piercing Billy, who jumps out of the way just in time.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
• Two bullets pierce Richard, sending him back into the river, but several also pass through the boat.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024