impale a shrimp on a skewer. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He had to be careful not to impale his old friend. From Wordnik.com. [Crystal Rain] Reference
Mesrúr, who had just entered, "And now impale him.". From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Caliph] Reference
But did they have to impale Lady Liberty in the process?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2003] Reference
I don't want these palm fronds to come off and impale you. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2008] Reference
Nor would he do so if his hobby were to impale human beings. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
Or wilt thou nail a man on a cross, or impale him on a stake?. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
That would be to impale ourselves on the horns of a trilemma. From Wordnik.com. [Back to Basics on Financial Reform] Reference
They will try to impale whoever is threatening them with that device. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2006] Reference
I saw another impale itself, spout liquid fuel, and burst into flame. From Wordnik.com. [The High Crusade]
She had thought they were going to impale her until they had killed her. From Wordnik.com. [Heartless]
I always meant to have my revenge, and here I impale you before the public. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862] Reference
Or one of the long pieces of wood might even impale the occupants of the car. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
One of the pikemen charged toward Tull and Elashi, pike extended to impale them. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Indomitable]
Lots of nails sticking out of the walls to impale unwanted guests or beer cans on. From Wordnik.com. [elfpvke Diary Entry] Reference
Others would point a stake by charring it in the fire and impale themselves upon it. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner] Reference
"Move one step closer and I will impale this shriveled human upon the altar with my claw.". From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of Autumn Twilight]
As she tried to impale him, Beard — attempting to evade her tusks — hung on to her leg. From Wordnik.com. [African Dreamer] Reference
With any luck you will impale yourself on a knitting needle and bleed to death. .slowly. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Camp Sacks Mark Penn] Reference
No, friend of mine once boughtan impale off thryacin from one of ` his Lordship's 'dealers. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodhype]
No, friend of mine once bought an impale off thryacin from one of ` his Lordship's 'dealers. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodhype]
And everyone has been worried here that it could use its sword to cut my airline or even impale me. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2001] Reference
Seeing the bird's beady black eyes fasten upon it he made a quick movement to impale it with his fork. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
"It is necessary for them to kill their enemies, and impale the heads, or nail them up to their huts.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands] Reference
The first step was for him to choose one, like a Crusader selecting a lance with which to impale infidels. From Wordnik.com. [Tributes to Aldo Leopold] Reference
A three-pounder that will impale itself on a big salmon-fly, might equally well have taken a tiny trout-fly. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
"If you're going to use a trap, be very careful, as they are designed to impale or crush animals," Hansen says. From Wordnik.com. [Pest Patrol: How to control moles in your yard] Reference
She had an ice-cold stare that would penetrate and impale your soul if you ever exchanged eye-contact with her. From Wordnik.com. [A Raisin in The Sun] Reference
A goldenrod was trying to impale him on its metallic spire, and a sunflower was blinding him with its effulgence. From Wordnik.com. [The Source of Magic]
Past the Pool, the towers of Eyrie stabbed up into the clean azure sky as if ready to impale any passing Skylord. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
The earliest cooking method was to lay food on smoldering embers or impale it on sticks held over a fire or dying coals. From Wordnik.com. [The Perdue Chicken Cookbook] Reference
But I think a lot of folks in the media think that Sarah Palin will impale Palin -- impale herself, basically, by her responses. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2008] Reference
Long stalactites menaced my head, and nasty little spikelike formations underfoot threatened to impale me if I should slip and fall. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
They have only to cut off six or eight inches of one leaf, and impale the piece on the sharp point of another, and the cross is made. From Wordnik.com. [Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern] Reference
But there may be a case for letting this whole thing run its power-drunken course, impale itself on a few major issues, and then sink. From Wordnik.com. [Beginning of the End Game] Reference
This is what I get for buying shoes that I cannot afford that are six inches high and could impale any creature that crosses their path. From Wordnik.com. [Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: 15 - The Chilean] Reference
The bird with the thorn in its breast, it follows an immunatable law; it is driven by it knows not what to impale itself, and die singing. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
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