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Meanings of piercing in inglés
Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
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Usage of piercing in inglés
1
A piercing chill grew in the dead air; the silence was terrifying.
2
The trees break the wind that is so piercing in the clearings.
3
For a moment, perfectly balanced between their piercing points, he writhed, tormented.
4
Suddenly I had a clear and piercing thought that supplanted every imagining.
5
It blew upon them in cruel menace of conquest, in piercing inclemency.
6
It was heavy steel with a narrow point, meant for piercing armor.
7
Verena suddenly shrieked; and her piercing cry might have reached the front.
8
Rose uttered a piercing cry, and pointed in terror to the window.
9
The piercing groans and cries which followed showed the terrible effect produced.
10
She had heard that piercing ring of smitten brass in the Serapeum.
11
A chorus of piercing yells rose in answer from the deck outside.
12
The gaze she bent upon him was almost piercing in its intensity.
13
There was a piercing look in the eyes he fixed upon her.
14
The old chief stirred in his furred robe beneath that piercing gaze.
15
The soundtrack could only be heard as a single, long, piercing howl.
16
The window still stood wide open, the white, piercing moonlight streamed in.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Piercing through the time
Piercing across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common