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Example sentences for: punctured

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He has assailed the corrupt, authoritarian regimes that rule most of the Arab world, punctured the ideological phantasms of Pan-Arabist nationalism and reactionary Islam alike, and bemoaned the impoverished state of Arab cultural and intellectual life.
A gripping story describes the near-tragedy aboard space station Mir when a docking module crashed and punctured Mir's walls.
It's not so bad that the blows aren't heavily amplified, but when the bad guys get it there isn't that extra sadistic beat to let you know how surprised they are that their aura of invincibility has been punctured.
I had punctured his thoracic duct, a collection of the lymphatic fluid that carries infection-fighting cells throughout the body.
--that punctured America's irrational exuberance for beef.