lance
noun
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
lancing
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present participleof lance.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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For them to catch fire, he says “it would take some spectacular lancing of the actual cells themselves, which would mean going through a very strong external structure”.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024
There I was: doting on my Spanish mother, eating paella, lancing bulls.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
Gadsby wields her craft like a weapon, lancing out the trauma and forcing us to look at it.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2018
Hailee Steinfeld stars as Nadine, a beguiling blend of charisma, lancing intelligence, and hostile insecurity.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2016
Because she was heavily sedated, Pita slept through the lancing and compressing and didn’t come back around until Abuelita Remedios was done wrapping her leg with a pale thin gauze.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
