As blood and water were reported to have 'gushed' from the spear wound, this was sign of a beating heart.

His blade carved a scallop from her shoulder, near the scars of the old-festered spear wound.

Kennedy died of spear wounds almost within sight of his destination in December 1848.

Thoron cried, unbinding the scarf to reveal the terrible spear wound.

Though one or two otters were down with spear wounds, "Skipper had heard Amber and he backed up her strategy.

Similarly, she described drinking a "refreshing spiritual drink" from the spear wound of Jesus.

The cat, infuriated by the pain of spear wounds, was overstepping the bounds of caution.

But when he looked down at his leg, stiff and tender from the spear wound, I real- ized that Dal was worried about his own survival.

He took a hard fall into a cement passage; one that brought a sharp pang to his ribs, healing from the spear wound.

There is also archaeological evidence of inter-personal hostility with deaths being caused by spear wounds.