Example Sentences

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Rivera estimates she has pierced 10,000 ears, including 146 in a single day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

"The enduring grief, trauma and the irreplaceable void left by the loss of multiple generations has pierced us profoundly," Madiha Salman's mother Tabinda Bukhari told reporters.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023

In the current era, uneasy public laughter is often the signaling mechanism that lived reality has pierced a hypothetical John Wayne film festival being screened in D.C.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2023

Since Sri Lanka defaulted a year ago, a half-million industrial jobs have vanished, inflation has pierced 50% and more than half the population in many parts of the country has fallen into poverty.

From Washington Times • May 18, 2023

I also don’t remember whether Amy Tran has pierced ears or not, so it won’t be an ear-piercing memory.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan