spearing
an illegal check in which a player jabs an opponent with the end of the stick blade or the top end of the stick, resulting in a penalty.
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How to use spearing in a sentence
There are also motifs that showcase scenes of fishing through netting and spearing.
The Delectable History of Food in Ancient Egypt | Dattatreya Mandal | November 8, 2022 | Realm of HistoryOne main culprit was the hard-shell helmet that had essentially become a spearing weapon.
Super Bowl XLVIII Is Set to Be the Most Violent One Yet | Evin Demirel | January 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTQueen Elizabeth I owned forks for sweetmeats but chose to use her fingers instead, finding the spearing motion to be crude.
The Strange Way We Eat: Bee Wilson’s ‘Consider the Fork’ | Bee Wilson | October 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut they were not ready as yet to do any nocturnal spearing, and if ever Indians wanted a night's rest they wanted it.
Overland | John William De ForestFrequently I would go out spearing and netting fish, my principal captures being mullet.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de Rougemont
Dear Aunt Kitty: I'm up here spearing salmon and all that sort of thing, don't you know, and trying to forget.
The Tigress | Anne WarnerThe door was open, and a torch was spearing its beam on two men—one kneeling over the prone figure of the other.
Unwise Child | Gordon Randall GarrettIn the summer months they frequent the sea-coast, where their skill in spearing fish is described as quite wonderful.
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