Left
Left noun - A political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom.
Pierced
Pierced adjective - Having a hole cut through.
Both words in one sentence
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He is hung from an ash tree, pierced by a spear, and left to hang there for nine days.
Source: Myth / Norse Mythology -
Oedipus' parents pierced his feet and left him on a hill to die, to prevent him from fulfilling the prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother.
Source: Offing the Offspring - Samus' Varia Suit ends up hindering her when her left shoulder pad is pierced by a spike trap in Tourian, which compromises the suit's integrity and forces her and Houston to seek aid from Old Bird.
Source: Comic Book / Super Metroid
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Pierced and Left. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/left/pierced
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