Camille with her piercing glance, as sharp as any knife, had told her mother that she knew the truth; and then with another and pain-fraught glance she had complained to Gerard.
Camille, de son regard aigu, meurtrier comme un couteau, avait dit à sa mère qu’elle savait ; puis, elle s’était plainte à Gérard, d’un autre regard douloureux.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
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The Three Cities - Paris
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His features were noble and warlike, his eye bold and piercing, and his long black hair swept away behind him, mingling with the tail of his horse.
Ses traits étaient nobles et belliqueux, son œil fier et perçant, et sa longue chevelure noire qui pendait derrière lui allait se mêler à la queue de son cheval.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
All the others uncovered, and the prayers were about to begin, when a loud piercing whistle made everybody look up.
Tous les autres se découvrirent, et les prières allaient commencer, lorsqu’un coup de sifflet déchirant fit lever les têtes.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
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She gave hollow sobs, she received shocks that threw her backward, in a distracting attack of terror and anguish. She remained there choking, uttering from time to time a piercing scream amidst the profound roar of her affliction.
Elle eut des sanglots sourds, des secousses qui la jetaient en arrière, une crise folle de terreur et d'angoisse; elle resta là étouffant, jetant de temps à autre un cri aigu dans le gonflement profond de sa douleur.
Yet there was a cry, a piercing cry from Benedetta, who like Pierre and Don Vigilio had watched the Cardinal with an astonishment which had changed into terror: "Poison!
Pourtant, il y eut un cri, un cri éclatant de Benedetta, qui ainsi que Pierre et don Vigilio, avait d’abord suivi l’acte du cardinal avec un étonnement qui s’était ensuite changé en terreur. « Du poison !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
When Rose and the lodgers ran into the room upon hearing her piercing screams, they found her lying at the foot of the bed with her forehead gashed open.
Lorsque Rose et les locataires accoururent aux cris déchirants qu'elle jetait, ils la trouvèrent étendue au pied du lit, le front fendu.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
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The Conquest of Plassans
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The features were sharp and somewhat aquiline; and the small eye was dark, quick, and piercing.
Ses traits étaient fins et légèrement aquilins; son petit œil noir vif et perçant.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
There could not be many, however, for the underwood was not large enough to conceal more than a dozen bodies, and the keen eyes of the hunters were piercing it in every direction.
Toutefois, il ne pouvait pas y en avoir en grand nombre; car les broussailles inférieures n'étaient pas capables de recéler plus d'une douzaine de corps, et les yeux perçants des chasseurs fouillaient dans toutes les directions.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
In half an hour's time, we can see them running the buffalo far out upon the prairie: piercing them with their arrows, and impaling them on their long lances.
Une demi-heure après, nous les voyons poursuivant les buffalos à travers la prairie, les perçant de leurs flèches et les traversant de leurs longues lances.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
There was a piercing yell, and another woman appeared erect on her mattress, wrapped in a white blanket as in a winding sheet; and people said it was a half-dead consumptive who had thus been resuscitated.
Il y eut un cri perçant, une femme apparut, debout sur son matelas, enveloppée d’une couverture blanche, ainsi que d’un suaire ; et l’on disait que c’était une phtisique à demi morte, ressuscitée.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
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The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
Madame Raquin cast piercing glances at her, indignant to hear the praise of Camille sung by such a pair of lips.
Mme Raquin lui jetait des regards aigus, indignée d'entendre l'éloge de Camille dans une pareille bouche.
A piercing shriek drew his eye to the door he had passed through-on its threshold lay the senseless body of his wife.
Tout à coup un cri perçant qui retentit jusqu’au fond de son âme lui fait tourner les yeux vers la porte qu’il vient de franchir, et sur le seuil il voit étendue sa femme sans connaissance.
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Précaution. Le choix d'un mari
Cooper, James Fenimore
Precaution
Cooper, James Fenimore
Returning to the yard, he hesitated, then made his way to another staircase, where he was deafened by piercing cries, as of a child who is being butchered.
Redescendu dans la cour, il hésita, puis s’engagea dans un autre escalier. Et, cette fois, il fut assourdi par des cris perçants, des cris d’enfant qu’on égorge.
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Les Trois Villes - Paris
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The Three Cities - Paris
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pierce
verb
Basic forms
Past
pierced
Imperative
pierce
Present Participle (Participle I)
piercing
Past Participle (Participle II)
pierced
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I pierce
we pierce
you pierce
you pierce
he/she/it pierces
they pierce
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am piercing
we are piercing
you are piercing
you are piercing
he/she/it is piercing
they are piercing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have pierced
we have pierced
you have pierced
you have pierced
he/she/it has pierced
they have pierced
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been piercing
we have been piercing
you have been piercing
you have been piercing
he/she/it has been piercing
they have been piercing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I pierced
we pierced
you pierced
you pierced
he/she/it pierced
they pierced
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was piercing
we were piercing
you were piercing
you were piercing
he/she/it was piercing
they were piercing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had pierced
we had pierced
you had pierced
you had pierced
he/she/it had pierced
they had pierced
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been piercing
we had been piercing
you had been piercing
you had been piercing
he/she/it had been piercing
they had been piercing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will pierce
we shall/will pierce
you will pierce
you will pierce
he/she/it will pierce
they will pierce
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be piercing
we shall/will be piercing
you will be piercing
you will be piercing
he/she/it will be piercing
they will be piercing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have pierced
we shall/will have pierced
you will have pierced
you will have pierced
he/she/it will have pierced
they will have pierced
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been piercing
we shall/will have been piercing
you will have been piercing
you will have been piercing
he/she/it will have been piercing
they will have been piercing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would pierce
we should/would pierce
you would pierce
you would pierce
he/she/it would pierce
they would pierce
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be piercing
we should/would be piercing
you would be piercing
you would be piercing
he/she/it would be piercing
they would be piercing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have pierced
we should/would have pierced
you would have pierced
you would have pierced
he/she/it would have pierced
they would have pierced
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice