On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Impale. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as spike or pierce and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Impale meaning
- To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
- To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage).
- To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
Using Impale
- The main meaning on this page is: To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object. | To place two coats of arms side by side on the same shield (often those of two spouses upon marriage). | To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake.
- Useful related words include: transfix, empale, spike, pierce.
- In the example corpus, impale often appears in combinations such as: to impale, impale her, and impale.
Context around Impale
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Impale
- In this selection, "impale" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fish, yourself and herself stand out and add context to how "impale" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include designed to impale their targets and explosion or impale her with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "impale" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with impale
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That narrow alley without trees meant that none came through the windshield to impale me or crush me. (18 words)
As Cheryl raises a fireplace poker to impale him, Ash snatches the book and throws it into the fire. (19 words)
Kimblee just needs one clear shot, and he could pummel Lan Fan with a serious explosion or impale her with spikes. (21 words)
Like millions of her fellow Americans, she had seen the video of the woman from Guatemala who tried to carry her two toddlers up and over the border wall at Tijuana, only to fall and impale herself, not fatally, on an iron bar. (43 words)
Mullis' attorney suggested that Amy Mullis startled someone in the farm's shed where she was found, prompting that person to impale her in the back with a corn rake while Todd Mullis was working in a nearby barn. (39 words)
He locks Linda outside the cabin and tends to Scotty's injuries, but she sneaks in through the back door and attacks Ash with a dagger, which he uses to impale her. (32 words)
Example sentences (10)
Herons and egrets have javelin-like spears with which they impale fish in a flash, after standing stock-still for hours, gimlet eyes peeled.
That narrow alley without trees meant that none came through the windshield to impale me or crush me.
This simple recognition relaxes your reaction that you impale yourself with to situations over which you have no control—the ones life throws.
Kimblee just needs one clear shot, and he could pummel Lan Fan with a serious explosion or impale her with spikes.
Mullis' attorney suggested that Amy Mullis startled someone in the farm's shed where she was found, prompting that person to impale her in the back with a corn rake while Todd Mullis was working in a nearby barn.
Like millions of her fellow Americans, she had seen the video of the woman from Guatemala who tried to carry her two toddlers up and over the border wall at Tijuana, only to fall and impale herself, not fatally, on an iron bar.
As Cheryl raises a fireplace poker to impale him, Ash snatches the book and throws it into the fire.
He locks Linda outside the cabin and tends to Scotty's injuries, but she sneaks in through the back door and attacks Ash with a dagger, which he uses to impale her.
The thrusting swords such as the rapier and eventually the smallsword were designed to impale their targets quickly and inflict deep stab wounds.
War elephants were trained to grasp an enemy soldier and toss him to the person riding on them or to pin the soldier to the ground and impale him.
Common combinations with impale
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to impale 5×
- impale her 3×
- and impale 2×
- impale him 2×