How to Use puncture in a Sentence

puncture

1 of 2 noun
Definition of puncturenext
Synonyms for puncturenext
  • Deputies found the man in the backyard with a puncture wound to his right leg.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2023
  • The catheter is then taken out, and the puncture heals on its own.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The attack had left 10 puncture wounds in his leg from the shark's teeth.
    — NBC News, 28 June 2021
  • The camera zooms in on the rubber plug with a small puncture mark.
    — Jillian Kay Melchior, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The raccoon left puncture wounds in the other dog’s leg.
    — Austindedios, oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2023
  • One of the shifters has been knocked askew, and my leg has two bleeding puncture marks.
    — Jason H. Harper, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2021
  • My vet treated Chloe’s puncture wounds, two on the neck, one on her side.
    — Susanne Craig, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2021
  • On the way back to her car, Marciano cried as blood poured from a puncture wound in the middle of her palm.
    — Victoria Villanueva-Marquez, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2021
  • That’s when the bear bit her in her right hand and left puncture wounds in her wrist, the department said.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 2 July 2023
  • The man had also stabbed himself in the head and suffered puncture wounds.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2023
  • The bear inflicted a puncture wound to the boy’s thigh, bite marks on a foot and ankle and claw marks on his back.
    — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The woman was tossed 10 feet in the air and suffered a puncture wound and other injuries.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 29 June 2022
  • The dog had fractures to her skull, a puncture and swelling around her left eye, Wilson wrote.
    — Fox News, 9 June 2022
  • This process started with surgery to treat the puncture wounds left behind by the dog attack.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Police said the man had suffered at least one puncture wound.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The bone slab bears 28 puncture marks, with one set of ten pecks spaced regularly in a line.
    — Ian Gilligan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2023
  • But others, like 12-year-old Rowan Dardick, didn’t seem phased by the puncture.
    — Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 19 May 2021
  • Signs include a pair of puncture marks, redness, swelling, or severe pain around the bite.
    — Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The man, it was later found, also had stab wounds to his chest and left hand, and a puncture to his upper groin area.
    — cleveland, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Having seen puncture marks in her arm, Jones and her husband thought the snake had bitten her.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Objects get kicked up by other vehicles (and your own) and land in just the right way to be run over and cause the puncture.
    — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The caulk gun comes with features such as an extra-long puncture rod and hook for storage.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2024
  • His swollen foot, with the puncture wound oozing, looked like a rotting eggplant.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • In the morning, the agent notices two strange puncture wounds on his neck, but chalks it up to some nasty mosquitoes.
    — Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 1 Mar. 2022
  • His swollen foot, oozing from the puncture wound, looked like a rotting eggplant.
    — Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Durheim examined the carcass and found a puncture wound between the neck and shoulder.
    — Garrett Andrews, oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2021
  • She was treated for puncture wounds on her wrist, the wildlife department said.
    — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
  • The tough rubber resists puncture, and puncture is about the only thing that could make these waders leak.
    — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Pick a flat, level surface in your yard and make sure there’s no debris that could cause punctures.
    — Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Later, at the hospital, doctors found puncture wounds all the way through.
    — Ed Wiseman, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2023
Advertisement

puncture

2 of 2 verb
  • I could never puncture my own skin with a hypodermic needle.
  • Take the sharp, corner edge of the knife closest to the handle and puncture the top of the can.
    — USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • Then puncture the wrap so gnats can fly in and get trapped.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022
  • Her eardrum hadn’t been punctured by the spider climbing around, the study notes.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Using a sharp knife, puncture the pork (not the skin) at least a dozen times, piercing the meat on all sides.
    — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The Vikings needed just two plays to puncture the Ravens’ festive mood.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Fold the foil up around the ribs and seal the packets snugly, being careful not to puncture the foil with the rib bones.
    — Fox News, 6 June 2022
  • Use a sharp tool such as a metal skewer or a knife to puncture skin and fat with small holes.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The challenge is to not puncture the gravity of the story with the humor.
    — Akiva Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
  • But, on the flip side, the tire will be less likely to be punctured by rocks or other debris.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The tower’s floor space is a lot larger than the needle-thin towers that puncture cityscapes the world over.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2023
  • In the clip, a fan at the Mets-Yankees game can be seen in his seat puncturing a hot dog with a real straw.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
  • If the viewers are torn, scratched or punctured, discard them.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • If the viewers are torn, scratched or punctured, discard them.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Bera said the bite didn’t appear to puncture through his sock and into his skin.
    — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2022
  • As the name suggests, top-cut can openers puncture the lid from above, just inside the rim.
    — Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The spider is venomous, however, most of the time the fangs aren’t big enough to puncture human skin.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The backhoe’s arm punctured Collins’ windshield, killing him.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • About 100 million of them are the size of a grain of salt, which is large enough to puncture a hole in astronaut spacesuits.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The fall caused the straw to go through Charlie's tongue and into his throat, and puncture his right carotid artery, which provides blood and oxygen to the brain.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Things that puncture not just plastic bags but human skin and flesh.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Tompkins asked the workers to puncture the drums to increase airflow during the burning, and to leave the bung holes atop the drums open.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The fangs still puncture him, and the digestive process begins; by the time their second date is through, the female has finished the job.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 20 July 2022
  • The clack of assault rifles being fired punctured the air.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Their thorns can puncture vehicles tires and their blooms stink, Long said.
    — Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The nine that puncture the top of each fender relieve pressure in the wheel wells that might otherwise lift the front end.
    — Ben Oliver, Car and Driver, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Using a fork or toothpick, puncture the lemons all over.
    — Ali Slagle, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The 19-year-old from Palm Springs winds through love and loss, singing ultra-melancholic songs with a glimmer of hope puncturing through.
    — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 18 Aug. 2023
  • One bird bit down hard on her finger, puncturing the skin.
    — Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Agents pursued the vehicle and deployed a spike strip on the road in an effort to puncture the tires and stop the vehicle.
    — Andrea Lopez-Villafaña, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2021

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'puncture.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: