In her field notes, the botanist used the term empalement to describe the flower's outer structure, reflecting the obsolete usage for what we now call the calyx.

Centuries-old accounts of public empalements horrified travelers and locals alike.

In the medieval chronicle, the marauding warlord empales captured soldiers on stakes to intimidate the villagers.

Medieval chronicles sometimes use the archaic verb empale to describe how enemies were displayed on spikes.

The cruel general justified empaling prisoners as a deterrent, explaining it calmly to his officers.

The outlaw was empaled on the hill as a warning to others.

The museum displayed a crude wooden stake and a plaque mentioning the medieval empaler who terrorized the region.

Medieval chronicles often described ruthless empalers who used stakes to execute their enemies.