Example Sentences

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Delery’s ruminations tend to be glum rather than puncturing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The 27-year-old from Las Vegas will be key to puncturing Seattle's formidable defense.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

Newcastle will have to do so without influential defender Dan Burn, who is out for four to six weeks after breaking a rib and puncturing a lung in the derby.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

Recounting his own experiences with the student movement that, in the 1990s, resisted then-dictator Slobodan Milosevic, Popovic explains how jokes about ruling elites can make them look less invincible, while also puncturing widespread fear.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025

“You are puncturing my imported muffler,” Ignatius screamed.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole