pierce
verb (used with object)
to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
will pierce
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future tenseof pierce.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps another bright spot on the corporate front will pierce the economic gloom.
From Reuters ● May 16, 2023
Astronomers expect that it will pierce a dark curtain of ignorance and supposition about the early days of the universe, and allow them to snoop on nearby exoplanets.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
He adds that a white-flowering night-bloomer will pierce the darkness without any need for illumination.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2021
Piercing Pagoda will pierce infants as young as two months, so long as they’ve had DPT inoculation.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2020
My therapist, Dr. Keyes, has done a lot to help me forget that night, but every now and then, a memory will pierce my mind’s eye.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
