Puncture

//ˈpʌŋktʃə//

"Puncture" in a Sentence (18 examples)

The puncture wound was very deep and had to be examined for infection.

Changing a puncture gives a lot of work.

Wet the surface of the tire, and note the bubbles that form under the film of water, and the puncture is found.

They are asking whether I can fix a bicycle puncture? That should be no problem at all.

Can you mend my puncture now?

Can you repair my puncture now?

My back tyre's got a slow puncture.

My back tyre has a slow puncture.

Be careful when placing sharp or heavy objects in the trash; they can puncture the bag.

"Why are you late?" "I got a puncture."

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There were two small punctures in his arm where the snake's fangs had pierced the skin.

The lion may perish by the puncture of an asp.

On the way back we got a puncture, and we were stuck at the roadside for three hours until help arrived.

Dieter's car had suffered a puncture on the RN3 road between Paris and Meaux. A bent nail was stuck in the tire.

A tough test for even the strongest climber, it was new to the Tour de France this year, but its debut will be remembered for the wrong reasons after one of those spectators scattered carpet tacks on the road and induced around 30 punctures among the group of riders including Bradley Wiggins, the Tour's overall leader, and his chief rivals.

The needle punctured the balloon instantly.

The couple all bloody / Tongues punctured by each other's teeth / Died and didn't let go

The woebegone children have their aspirations slowly snuffed. Grace’s artistic dreams (of animation, of course) are punctured by her isolated existence; Gilbert’s pyrophilia is smothered by religious extremism.

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