Example Sentences

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“That would have lanced the boil in a very powerful way, and they could have reset the conversation,” Hess said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021

Sometimes they were so close to the ship’s side that we might have lanced them from the deck.

From Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler by Durden, James

"Their blood is not in your veins as mine is, unless the doctors have lanced it out."

From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Reade, Charles