Puncturing is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Puncturing meaning
present participle and gerund of puncture
Using Puncturing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of puncture
- In the example corpus, puncturing often appears in combinations such as: puncturing the, and puncturing, or puncturing.
Context around Puncturing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Puncturing
- In this selection, "puncturing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, considered, thorn, slightly, swedes, removing and matrix stand out and add context to how "puncturing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and slightly puncturing a lung and another thorn puncturing our bubble. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "puncturing" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with puncturing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bits are deleted according to a puncturing matrix. (8 words)
Another thorn puncturing our bubble was my eating disorder. (9 words)
You risk tearing the paper or puncturing it when working on carpeting or bedding. (14 words)
New Yorkers get squeamish at the thought of injecting a murderer with a lethal dose of chemicals, but think nothing of puncturing the scull of a child being born to vacuum out its brains to make passage of the now dead baby through the birth canal easier. (47 words)
The relatively large T4 looks like a hybrid of a lunar lander and a syringe, using its long tail fibers to land on E. coli cells and puncturing the bacteria's outer membrane with its tail tube. (37 words)
She bit one attendant on the right forearm, puncturing the skin and causing bleeding, according to the complaint, hit a second attendant in the right forearm and kicked a third attendant in the leg and abdomen. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
The MoS had revealed how the 59-year-old's condition was so serious that doctors considered puncturing a hole in his neck to help him breathe – a procedure called a tracheostomy.
The relatively large T4 looks like a hybrid of a lunar lander and a syringe, using its long tail fibers to land on E. coli cells and puncturing the bacteria's outer membrane with its tail tube.
Dismantling of the structure will begin next week, but it's not as simple as puncturing the side and watching it deflate.
Another thorn puncturing our bubble was my eating disorder.
Coughlin injures ribs, lung in bicycle accidentFormer Giants coach and Jaguars executive Tom Coughlin is recovering after breaking four ribs and slightly puncturing a lung in a bicycle accident last weekend.
Currently, these are only for display since they are too much trouble to put on and there is always the danger of puncturing a car or truck tire if you wear them in civilized areas.
Fields had to stay in Green Bay after puncturing his lung on a wide receiver’s cleat.
Leave it to Steve Martin to create virus-era comedy that is still light and goofy, while also continuing his career-long commitment to puncturing the self-importance of Hollywood.
Next Mr Conceicao was knifed three times in his back, fracturing his spine and puncturing his lung.
And unlike dropping a knife or puncturing a can of Mace, their impact is deep, wide and permanent.
But the main problem Naruto has is that he can't see or sense the rods since they seemingly appear out of thin air, puncturing him and sapping his very essence.
Grip it as close to the skin as possible and pull it straight out without twisting, crushing or puncturing.
New Yorkers get squeamish at the thought of injecting a murderer with a lethal dose of chemicals, but think nothing of puncturing the scull of a child being born to vacuum out its brains to make passage of the now dead baby through the birth canal easier.
Police say the victim received four stab wounds, puncturing the victim’s neck, cartilage within her neck and her vocal cords.
She bit one attendant on the right forearm, puncturing the skin and causing bleeding, according to the complaint, hit a second attendant in the right forearm and kicked a third attendant in the leg and abdomen.
US President Donald Trump pilloried the Iran nuclear deal as “a disaster” and “insane” as he hosted French President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office Tuesday, puncturing a carefully choreographed display of pomp and camaraderie.
Weapons from a faraway, long-ago war are flowing into immigrant neighborhoods here, puncturing Swedes’ sense of confidence and security.
You risk tearing the paper or puncturing it when working on carpeting or bedding.
As a simple example, a non-compact surface can be obtained by puncturing (removing a finite set of points from) a closed manifold.
Bits are deleted according to a puncturing matrix.
Common combinations with puncturing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- puncturing the 8×
- and puncturing 3×
- or puncturing 3×
- as puncturing 2×
- of puncturing 2×
- puncturing his 2×
- to puncturing 2×
- by puncturing 2×