piercing screams. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The piercing shriek of sirens. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a piercing wind. ,piercing eyes. ,a piercing mind. ,piercing remarks. From Dictionary.com.
So piercing is the sense of intolerable threat that I found myself having nightmares about it last night. From Wordnik.com. [Don’t Go Down To The Woods « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
Despite its appearance, Mommy's new nostril piercing is not a scary, glittery little bug that has lighted on her face. From Wordnik.com. [August 17th, 2005] Reference
Sword piercing the heart represents the sting of conscience, 639-m. From Wordnik.com. [Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry] Reference
MARCIANO: What you're looking at is what's called a piercing nozzle. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2009] Reference
Clearly you haven’t actually seen what piercing is like these days. From Wordnik.com. [All kinds of ouch.] Reference
We may recall the piercing question of Socrates, "Can virtue be taught?". From Wordnik.com. [The Chief End of Man] Reference
Somewhere in the distance, a bird cried out, the sharp call piercing the quiet. From Wordnik.com. [The Man From High Mountain]
He sees falling and rising, death and resurrection, the sword piercing the heart. From Wordnik.com. [Service at Southwark Cathedral] Reference
It could not be compared to what can be called a piercing look, nor was it prophetic. From Wordnik.com. [The 13 Culprits]
He recalled the piercing blue eyes looking at him when the telescope had been presented. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Eagle]
Linda is giving me 'that look' your mother gives you while you explain why getting a piercing is a good idea. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Mr. Heard, reviewing the crowd, abandoned the idea of piercing that procession and exchanging a few words with her. From Wordnik.com. [South Wind] Reference
A sigma infected Cloud has moved on, away from his friends, his rusty Buster Sword piercing the hillside outside of Midgar. From Wordnik.com. [High-Def Digest: All High-Def Disc News] Reference
In the Freiburg Münster, the Maler window located on the northside of the nave shows Mary with a sword piercing her heart. From Wordnik.com. [Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany] Reference
Daphna Nachminovitch, a vice president for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, called the piercing ` ` barbaric. ''. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
"Your doctor," said Charles slowly and coldly, each word piercing his mother's heart like a dagger, -- "your doctor cannot come.". From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Crimes (Complete)] Reference
More gusts and the fire sprite persists and grows upward forming first a fiery sword piercing upward and then a bright twisting pillar. From Wordnik.com. [1. MajorityRights.com (main blog)] Reference
To dramatize the anger of many conservatives, one speechifier brandished a plastic sword piercing a hollow rubber Schwarzenegger head …. From Wordnik.com. [RedState] Reference
Not exactly "piercing", but they do stand out on her face. From Wordnik.com. [My, What Big Eyes You Have] Reference
When the yoni is lowered, and the upper part of it is struck with the lingam, it is called 'piercing'. From Wordnik.com. [The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana] Reference
She was slim, though, with a strikingly angular face and the kind of piercing brown eyes that could make you stare. From Wordnik.com. [Mary, Mary]
Paula praises but in amongst the praise says the word "piercing," and I feel my eardrums do a little sympathetic scrunch. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
His voice arose in short, piercing yells. From Wordnik.com. [The Cheerful Smugglers] Reference
What kind of piercing, if any, do you feel are unacceptable?. From Wordnik.com. [This Is This] Reference
What kind of piercing or piercings do you think I should get?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
I don't even get to say what kind of piercing I have in mind. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Please tell me what kind of piercing you think would suit my face. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Another took it as a kind of piercing world-soul, that, like the soul of. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicarious Sacrifice, Grounded in Principles of Universal Obligation.] Reference
" He recalled the piercing blue eyes looking at him when the telescope had been presented. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Eagle]
And the words of the slave, accompanied by those piercing, meaning looks, inflamed her senses. From Wordnik.com. [Six Women] Reference
"It is as a sword piercing the heart to receive this truth, but it is a truth and must be believed. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers] Reference
The piercing was a social filter. From Wordnik.com. [Cooperative Blog » Blog Archive » Marketability vs. adult entertainment] Reference
From my limited understanding, this kind of piercing doesn’t really need to be ‘maintained,’. From Wordnik.com. [garter piercings | My[confined]Space] Reference
Howard Egerman often feels as though a nail is piercing his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Dangerous Desk] Reference
But federal agents had trouble piercing some of Pellicano's encrypted information. From Wordnik.com. [A Private Eye’s Legacy] Reference
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