The air was cold; it blew at moments piercingly from the river.

The night was piercingly cold, the bed merely a board of wood.

Though the breeze was moderate this morning the air was piercingly keen.

It was almost too warm, although the weather outside was piercingly cold.

Ted looked piercingly at his friend, but Richard's face was perfectly grave.

And, as they stood about her, she gazed piercingly at their heads.

Julian paused on those words, and tried piercingly to read my thoughts.

A canary, whose cage hung on a shutter, was trilling away piercingly.

Never had Nature's material loveliness been more vividly, piercingly present to him.

The wind blew in gusts from the Sant highlands and was piercingly cold.

He looked at her piercingly, but did not ask her how.

And Colin heard his own name spoken in accents piercingly clear and sweet.

A light, piercingly bright, formed a blazing sun in his field of vision.

He shaded his eyes with his hand and looked piercingly into the shadows.

It was a completely shocking sight, piercingly vivid against the clean blue sky.

Gale thrilled as he gazed piercingly into the wonderful eyes of this Indian.