Adjective : a piercing wind. ,piercing eyes. ,a piercing mind. ,piercing remarks. From Dictionary.com.
But Roland looked, piercingly-and Bink had frozen. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
He put his fingers between his lips, blew piercingly. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
And then, looking at me more piercingly, she repeated. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
She regarded him piercingly, a startled look in her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
Although the wind blew piercingly cold from the north, her. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
The man set his fingers to his lips and whistled piercingly. From Wordnik.com. [Heartless]
Blair looked piercingly at Hamish, who gave him a sweet smile. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Gossip]
"Eeeek!" the flower shrieked piercingly, wrenching itself away. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
Street, and he stopped short, and looked me piercingly in the face. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference
Then, his keen eyes resting piercingly on hers, he said quietly. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Folly] Reference
She turned to look at him with those piercingly clear eyes of hers. From Wordnik.com. [A Winter Haunting]
Though we are many, each of us is achingly alone, piercingly alone. From Wordnik.com. [John Lundberg: Maya Angelou's Elegy For Michael Jackson] Reference
He was small and wiry, with a hawk nose and piercingly intense eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Judas Valley] Reference
Brother Mark's profile against the candle-light was piercingly clear. From Wordnik.com. [St. Peter's Fair]
These first hours are piercingly cold, for it is now mid-winter with us. From Wordnik.com. [With Rimington] Reference
The huge room was piercingly cold; Varro clasped his arms about his body. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
They shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth. From Wordnik.com. [The Fellowship of the Ring]
They were warm with the sun, and the flavor was intense, piercingly sweet. From Wordnik.com. [The Outstretched Shadow] Reference
Her scream rang out piercingly, and the boys ran in a body into the garden. From Wordnik.com. [Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur] Reference
His eyepits had deepened; from their caves gazed his eyes, piercingly gray. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask of Apollo]
Danilo looked at him piercingly and thoughtfully and made no remark at all. From Wordnik.com. [Smokescreen]
The emperor turned his stern eyes slowly and piercingly from one to another. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
His eyes, full-lidded and of a peculiarly light grey, were piercingly bright. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursing Home Murder]
There was an ear-piercingly sweet blast as the buyer leaned on the horn button. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
The high-standing loop of alien life was before him, every detail piercingly clear. From Wordnik.com. [Deathworld] Reference
It was a huge eagle with a gruesome healed scar above its piercingly bright right eye. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit Gate] Reference
It fled away in shreds, leaving piercingly blue skies and a sun that made sharp shadows. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
It echoed piercingly through the hotel, and the sheriff started and demanded with a frown. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys] Reference
The sea was piercingly blue and the air bracing, and her senses appreciated that in itself. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
The girl ignored him, raising her voice, piercingly plaintive and peevish, to the Contessa. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]
Mother Bab's tired face relaxed as she leaned back to listen to the piercingly sweet melody. From Wordnik.com. [Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People'] Reference
So at twelve o'clock a red-haired telegraph boy appeared on a bicycle, whistling piercingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat]
Ruehl is piercingly funny and achingly tragic as Bella, who has a child's mind in a woman's body. From Wordnik.com. [Going Bonkers In Yonkers] Reference
Shriek after shriek burst from him, and rang wildly, piercingly, thrillingly upon the air of night. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
The stranger reined up sharply as he came within talking distance and looked piercingly at the ranchers as he called out. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers] Reference
At this thought she gave a guilty start and gazed piercingly into the chestnut tree, but nothing was visible there save boughs and leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
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