Example Sentences

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Her story, unfolding like a dark fairy tale, is as whimsical as it is piercing.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

Mr. Johns’s gaze still is piercing, his eyes crowned by bushy white brows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 22, 2018

The frustration that Lane, a former surgeon, expresses about her eroding senses is piercing, thanks to some sharp writing and the authenticity of Ms. Mandel’s fearless performance.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2016

The music is piercing, as shown is the video below.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2012

A 'paramo' in the Andes is a district some 1700 or 2000 fathoms high, where vegetation ceases, and the cold is piercing.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon