have impaled
- present perfect of impale.
Example Sentences
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Now that those producers have impaled themselves on a horn of plenty, Buchwald urged Americans to have a heart and to "do unto them what they have done unto us."
From Time Magazine Archive
He probably could have impaled Jason several times, but the giant insisted on doing a pirouette with every attack, which slowed him down.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Canaris was a foot in advance, and in an instant more he would have impaled himself on the savage’s outpointed spear.
From The River of Darkness, or, Under Africa by Graydon, William Murray
Monster! so then he would really have impaled a poor wretch for eating a bird’s egg?
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage
Which horn of this dilemma I might have impaled myself on, I cannot tell; for a sudden interruption prevented my answer.
From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Willis, Herbert
