: a piece of jewelry (such as a ring or stud) that is attached to pierced flesh
Examples of piercing in a Sentence
Adjective
She looked at me with piercing eyes, and I was suddenly frightened that she knew what I had done.
I tried to avoid his piercing stare.
She felt a piercing sadness when she heard the news.
Noun
There's a small shop in town where they do tattooing and body piercing.
She got another ear piercing.
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Dwight Garner, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Only Jean-Baptiste could make such a screed so funny, so piercing and so devastating.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
Kendrick Marshall, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025
In this case, the pair went with an emo theme, with both men wearing all-black outfits and slouchy grey beanies accented by oversized black shades and a variety of fake facial piercings.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
What spooks Vara is that A.I. writes what are possibly her essay’s most piercing lines.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Only Jean-Baptiste could make such a screed so funny, so piercing and so devastating.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
How young is too young to get a piercing in California?
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025
In this case, the pair went with an emo theme, with both men wearing all-black outfits and slouchy grey beanies accented by oversized black shades and a variety of fake facial piercings.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Piercing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piercing. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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