Example Sentences
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The winner takes home a turnip impaled on a rusty six inch nail in a block of wood as a trophy and a blue plaque.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
That’s when the Yankees impaled themselves on their pinstripes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024
Local fire department personnel and state police responded early Saturday to find the animal not impaled on the structure but unable to get its belly and rear legs over the top.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
The original “money-grubbers” earned their living selling squirming insect larvae impaled on sticks for snacks.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2022
There were small roast birds and pastries glistening with honey, cubes of meat in fragrant sauce, and curled crustaceans impaled on sticks.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
