Examples of piercing in a Sentence
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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Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 3 Mar. 2026 Mars merging with Pluto can hit you with a piercing moment of honesty. —Usa Today, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Sophia's piercings came a few weeks after Abraham let her daughter get permanent fangs installed. —Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for piercing
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Adjective
The ping of pickleball play produces a uniquely piercing and repetitive sound that has led to contentious lawsuits and controversies across the entire country, including just north in Fox Point, as the sport has rapidly grown in popularity over the last few years. —Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 3 Mar. 2026 Mars merging with Pluto can hit you with a piercing moment of honesty. —Usa Today, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
Peafowl can also disturb landscaping and startle people with their piercing screams. —Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Sophia's piercings came a few weeks after Abraham let her daughter get permanent fangs installed. —Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for piercing
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“Piercing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/piercing. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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