1.   A sudden spasm of pain pierced her heart, subduing her anger.

2.   He turned and lunged at her, stabbing her three times, the last thrust piercing her heart.

3.   Her memories sometimes pierced her heart.

4.   The arrow pierced his heart.

5.   The knife had pierced his heart, but incredibly he was still alive.

6.   Lances of remembrance pierced her heart, and she flinched.

7.   And there are moments that pierce the heart as no other musical this season does.

8.   A dozen syllables, a simple statement of mortal fact, as unsparing and unadorned as the lump of lead that pierces the heart.

9.   A slender wire may break and pierce the heart, killing patients, he said.