She makes no remark, but stepping towards the yucca and reaching up, impales the piece of paper on one of its topmost spikes.
"The Lone Ranche"
Captain Mayne Reid
Swift's "Tale of a Tub" is a fierce attack upon ecclesiastical divisions, while Pope's "Dunciad," which impales many of his contemporary writers, almost ruined the reputations it touched.
"Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism"
F. V. N. Painter
On a background which is scarcely indicated, with few strokes, which barely suggest space, he impales like a butterfly the human type, mostly in a moment of folly or wickedness....
"The Psychology of Beauty"
Ethel D. Puffer