Sample Sentences for
perforate
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  • I wondered why he had those marks on him, His sleeves were perforated with little holes.  (source)
    perforated = pierced repeatedly
  • The patient had a perforated appendix with...  (source)
    perforated = having a hole or holes in something
  • They were bronze, the size of cannon balls, perforated like wiffle balls with fire bubbling out the holes.  (source)
    perforated = with holes
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  • She saw him pocketing the key, saw his belt, the perforated end wrapped tightly around his knuckles.†  (source)
  • Bullet trails have left wandering perforations down the other.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
  • At the time of my advent here, we had many Cholera outbreaks, perforating Dysentries, intractable Diarrhoeas, and the whole deadly Typhoid family, which were plaguing the Asylum.†  (source)
  • This one is built against the solid rock, and it would take ten experienced miners, duly furnished with the requisite tools, as many years to perforate it.†  (source)
  • Underneath this is a small perforation.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • Perforates the intestine and gives you ulcers.†  (source)
  • The tag was like a salt cracker, perforated down its middle so that a strong man could snap it in two with his bare hands.†  (source)
  • The perforations at either side of, and above, the tongue.†  (source)
  • That was the wrong thing to do: I went on down and ended up perforating my eardrum.†  (source)
  • It would have the proportions determined by the officers of the Shannon, the instrument needed to perforate the Scotia, and the power to pierce a steamer's hull.†  (source)
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