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pierced

Speech parts

1. pierced - Adjective

2. pierced - Verb

4. pierced - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Pierce

Penetrated; entered; perforated.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced. Aldous Huxley

The sky is like a black sieve pierced by silver drops that tremble, ready to burst through. Ayn Rand

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. Hosea Ballou

Ah, Aphrodite, if I sing no more To thee, God's daughter, powerful as God, It is that thou hast made my life too sweet To hold the added sweetness of a song. There is a quiet at the heart of love, And I have pierced the pain and come to peace. Sara Teasdale

one pierced moment whiter than the rest -turning from the tremendous lie of sleep i watch the roses of the day grow deep. E. E. Cummings

He promised me earrings, but then only pierced my ears. Arabic Proverb

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