puncture
noun
the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.
were puncturing
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past progressiveof puncture.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In their own way, both he and the punks were puncturing the self-seriousness that crept into rock ‘n’ roll as the form grew more gentrified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Each day now, dozens of calls were puncturing the isolated quiet of Kelly’s dimly lit studio, where bright fabrics and bookshelves-turned-partitions crowded inward like a hug.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2020
It would be difficult to describe it, but it increased every moment, until at last it seemed as if the points of a hundred thousand fine needles were puncturing every pore.
From Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
And she set off like the wind toward the kitchen, from 168 which direction terrible shrieks were puncturing the air.
From The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey
