Example Sentences

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"It was piercing and extremely loud. I thought it was an older child doing it, but then I realised it was the baby who was screaming," he told the court.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The sight of a mother and daughter together was piercing.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Peyton began to cry; it was piercing for her parents.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2018

It was piercing and honest and at times filled with the belief that even a ruined man could find renewal.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2018

Two swallows were making passes over the fountain, and a chiffchaffs song was piercing the air from within the sinewy gloom of the giant cedar of Lebanon.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan