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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But was Blair correct in saying he'd "lanced the boil of separatism"?
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
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
“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
It was his houseplant, hopeful green leaves rising from three bamboo stems, and when she took it, a sudden crushing loneliness lanced through her and stayed with her for weeks.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
