skewer
noun
a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
have skewered
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present perfectof skewer.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A Russian playwright couldn't have skewered the authoritarianism and the parallel tendency towards anarchy with greater precision.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2015
Saturday Night Live’s most memorable sketches have skewered megastars and launched them, lambasted mainstays of popular culture and parodied politicians.
From Time ● Oct. 9, 2015
Critics have skewered Richardson’s decision to let Hardy, the Panthers’ heralded pass rusher, continue to play.
From MSNBC ● Sep. 11, 2014
She delivered the type of rote, I’d-like-to-thank-my-manager speech that, in her hosting role, she might have skewered.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2014
The giant’s first shot would have skewered Reyna, but Hylla was fast.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
