Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
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A piercing chill grew in the dead air; the silence was terrifying.
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The trees break the wind that is so piercing in the clearings.
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For a moment, perfectly balanced between their piercing points, he writhed, tormented.
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Suddenly I had a clear and piercing thought that supplanted every imagining.
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It blew upon them in cruel menace of conquest, in piercing inclemency.
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It was heavy steel with a narrow point, meant for piercing armor.
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Verena suddenly shrieked; and her piercing cry might have reached the front.
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Rose uttered a piercing cry, and pointed in terror to the window.
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The piercing groans and cries which followed showed the terrible effect produced.
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She had heard that piercing ring of smitten brass in the Serapeum.
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A chorus of piercing yells rose in answer from the deck outside.
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The gaze she bent upon him was almost piercing in its intensity.
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There was a piercing look in the eyes he fixed upon her.
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The old chief stirred in his furred robe beneath that piercing gaze.
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The soundtrack could only be heard as a single, long, piercing howl.
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The window still stood wide open, the white, piercing moonlight streamed in.
