I felt as if a shaft of light had pierced my mind.

A shaft of light pierced the darkness and revealed an empty platform.

I felt as if a shaft had pierced my heart.

A shaft of sunlight pierced her, as though she were a glass vase.

We hurried home; a shaft of bright light and hope had finally pierced the dark clouds over us.

A shaft of evening sunshine pierced through where the curtains met.

She had barely gotten the words out when a shaft of green fury pierced the air between them.

A shaft of light from the back room pierced the late-afternoon shadows within.

The light grew before them; great shafts pierced the roof.

Her first shaft pierced the neck of the leading horse.