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

"Sneer at my poor form," he cried, in strong vibrating tones, flinging out one long arm and one thin finger at the Wondersmith, as if he would have impaled him like a beetle.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 by Various

The arms I have impaled were certainly not Boleyn's.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace

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