lance
noun
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
lanced
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past participleof lance.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof lance.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
lancenouna long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
Example Sentences
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They fell often, lanced their hands on spiked trees, dragged boots filled with mud and at times collapsed from exhaustion.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023
She later confessed that the stress of stardom caused her to develop a "boil on the bum" that had to be lanced hours before performing live on Dutch TV.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2022
“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
That happened in the late 1990s at a league meeting in Atlanta, when a massive model of a renovated Coliseum tumbled off a table and lanced the back of Goodell’s ankle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2021
Lightning lanced through the sky like a trident, and for a second the entire island was lit up in brilliant blinding light.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
