Nailed

Examples

• Somebody has nailed this wooden seat in. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The boy gathers up his change and has pulled the door open by a leather strap nailed to it for the purpose, when Venus cries out: 'Stop him! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There is a layer of felt nailed to the sides, ceiling, and floor of the room, and on this is nailed the sheet iron. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The carpet seemed continuous and firmly nailed, so I dismissed the idea of a trap-door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But for that outfit, we should have discovered a new nightgown or petticoat among Rosanna's things, and have nailed her in that way. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He was for any description of policy, in the compass of a week; and nailed all sorts of colours to every denomination of mast. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• And my hands seem nailed through to the sculls. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And being nailed to the tops of fence posts to be pushed over backwards for the others. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• When cut lift them out with a light plank having a batten nailed across one end to hold them (Fig.?2). William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The country was wild, and it was a usual occurrence to see deer, bear, and coon skins nailed up on the sides of houses to dry. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I said, “Now, don't consider Em'ly nailed down in point of time, at all. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The crown of thorns was made of real thorns, and was nailed to the sacred head. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The cover is then nailed on and the box is placed in the freight car which is waiting at a convenient door. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Some thick old hangings had been nailed up before the windows, to deaden the sound of the shrieks. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The box was corded, the card nailed on. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He nailed the piece of gum outside the kitchen door in the intense cold, and upon examining it the next morning found it as perfectly flexible as when he put it out. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Aha, my dear sir,' said the little man, 'nailed at last, eh? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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