Example Sentences

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A three-pounder that will impale itself on a big salmon-fly, might equally well have taken a tiny trout-fly.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

Nay, of Henry's faction, Of thy false father's faction; speak the truth, He is the head of factions; were he down, Peace, plenty, glory, will impale thy crown.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various