Examples of pierced

• Social motivations and influences may be complex, as seen in studies of children having their ears pierced, and in studies of everyday pain in children.

• Generally, the masks are not pierced at the eyes, nose, or mouth.

• Amount of leaf litter was estimated as the number of leaves pierced by a metal stake thrust into the soil at the site.

• The edges of these sherds had been smoothed and holes pierced through the centres.

• A caryopsis was considered germinated as soon as the radicle pierced the envelopes.

• Spoons are also usually pierced on the back for suspension, and they appear in both left-facing and rightfacing versions.

• For example, as mentioned above, pierced bone and glass discs had a number of possible functions.

• A seed was regarded as germinated when the radicle had pierced the seed-covering structures.