Punctured is an English word with synonyms like pierced or perforated. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Punctured meaning
simple past and past participle of puncture
Synonyms of Punctured
Using Punctured
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of puncture
- Useful related words include: pierced, perforated, perforate, cut.
- In the example corpus, punctured often appears in combinations such as: punctured the, and punctured, punctured lung.
Context around Punctured
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Punctured
- In this selection, "punctured" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, horn, ribs, two, lung, abdomens and hands stand out and add context to how "punctured" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after he punctured paul mullin and are finally punctured. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "punctured" sits close to words such as abolitionist, accomplishing and airframe, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with punctured
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These authors have punctured all that. (6 words)
Pedal cyclist suffering broken ribs, punctured lung after accident with speeding. (11 words)
But how bad does reality has to get before the myths are finally punctured? (14 words)
Alejandro Garnacho's early goal punctured the atmosphere in that game but only momentarily as Everton supporters made their feelings clear, thousands holding cards criticising the Premier League in a move that would be repeated again later in the season. (40 words)
He attempted to play dead with the can in his hands behind his head and was bitten “several times” before the final chomp punctured the container and emitted a burst of the noxious substance that forced the grizzly to flee. (40 words)
Don Wright, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose pointed work punctured duplicity and pomposity and resonated with common-sense readers, died on March 24 at his home in Palm Beach, Fla. He was 90. (37 words)
But how bad does reality has to get before the myths are finally punctured? (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
A car has plowed all the way through the store and punctured through the back.
A psychological theory might propose that they lapsed into a state of political psychosis, striking wildly at those who punctured their fantasies.
Health authorities in Ilave reported eight patients hospitalised with injuries, including broken arms and legs, eye contusions and punctured abdomens.
He described to the station how the animal dipped his head down right before his horn punctured him and flipped him over.
He said this is rare and is brought about when an artery and vein close together are punctured or crushed and allow blood to flow from one to the other.
In his text, the Pope commented on the Gospel reading in which the Risen Christ appears to the apostles and shows them his punctured hands and side.
Pedal cyclist suffering broken ribs, punctured lung after accident with speeding.
She could never be told off, even if she nipped a walker or punctured a cyclist's tyre, as a stern look would elicit a stress wee.
These authors have punctured all that.
The second victim was said to have sustained "life-changing injuries" including a fractured skull, two punctured lungs as well as "severe lacerations… caused by a bladed instrument".
This guy punctured Taylor’s lung with an injection, and Taylor never started there again.
This time, Belinda Van Krevel is accused of stabbing her new boyfriend, leaving him with a punctured lung.
Wrexham owner Ryan Reynolds has messaged Nathan Bishop after he punctured Paul Mullin's lung in pre-season.
After emergency teams extracted Cian from the wreckage, he was airlifted to Southampton, where he underwent emergency surgery for a punctured intestine.
After its tires were punctured, police say the driver abandoned the truck at a Walmart in Grande Prairie, but a couple of bystanders stopped him long enough for officers to arrive and make an arrest.
Alejandro Garnacho's early goal punctured the atmosphere in that game but only momentarily as Everton supporters made their feelings clear, thousands holding cards criticising the Premier League in a move that would be repeated again later in the season.
At night, the silence is eerie, punctured episodically by the thunderous sound of bombs exploding in Gaza.
But how bad does reality has to get before the myths are finally punctured?
Don Wright, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose pointed work punctured duplicity and pomposity and resonated with common-sense readers, died on March 24 at his home in Palm Beach, Fla. He was 90.
He attempted to play dead with the can in his hands behind his head and was bitten “several times” before the final chomp punctured the container and emitted a burst of the noxious substance that forced the grizzly to flee.
Common combinations with punctured
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: