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.
  • Will give our blood, not oil)—would pierce through the still of the night.
    — Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty, Quartz India, 17 Sep. 2019
  • From the rear, the arrow would pierce a lung or maybe the heart.
    — Mike Combs, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2025
  • 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
  • Scrub the potatoes and pierce them with a knife in a few places.
    — Cathy Barrow, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • To top it all off, a giant spire would grow out of the dome to scrape the sky and pierce the clouds.
    — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2019
  • One piece punched through the roof of a garage, piercing the hood of the car parked inside.
    — Leah Sottile, Longreads, 15 July 2019
  • But then a mother’s screams would pierce the air and disabuse me of the thought.
    — Ahmed Abu Artema, TIME, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Jones was then shot in the face by a bullet that pierced both cheeks.
    — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2025
  • Rabenn had no real idea how to pierce the veil of the blockchain's anonymity.
    — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Bake in the oven until the flesh is tender when pierced with a knife.
    — Karen Berner, Good Housekeeping, 18 July 2018
  • If the wind is volatile, then the light is vivid, piercing, and constant.
    — Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024
  • The man was not shot, but bullets pierced his home, Thomas said.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 7 Nov. 2019
  • In the span of a few hours, the shop had 10 tattoo and piercing customers.
    — David Montgomery, New York Times, 13 May 2020
  • 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
  • The yelling would pierce their ears as a nauseous knot sat in the pit of their stomachs.
    — Erika Andersen, Good Housekeeping, 26 June 2018
  • The Tlingits fought back, but their weapons could not pierce its skin.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2020
  • Her nose piercing and two-toned blonde and black hair added to the effect.
    — Chiara Kim, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Using the tip of a sharp knife, pierce each eggplant twice.
    — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Three bullets hit White in the back, piercing his lungs and heart.
    — Joe Robertson, kansascity, 28 June 2018
  • To do this, your doctor will use a tool to pierce the skin and gently remove the bumps.
    — Patia Braithwaite, SELF, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Other sea spider species, like many spiders on land, will capture and pierce their prey to suck up their internal fluids.
    — Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
  • But what separates this modern piece of piercing social commentary is just how confidently director Juel Taylor balances those tones while also building a world that’s both surreal and…well, frightening familiar.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025

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