Pinned
['pind]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Pin
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Examples
- When the notes were due, a messenger came around from the bank with the note and a protest pinned to it for $1. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She put a white gown on me and pinned it at the neck in back with a safety pin. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He was pinned like a beetle on a card. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I twisted the shafting one way and the tube the other as far as I could, and pinned them together. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I put it on and pinned it in back at the neck. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I saw, for the first time, that the lost brooch was pinned in its place again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Show her a man in a blue jacket, and, figuratively speaking, she pinned him instantly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To the head-bandage was pinned a slip of paper: it bore in pencil these mocking words-- The nun of the attic bequeaths to Lucy Snowe her wardrobe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I seized the Sergeant by the collar of his coat, and pinned him against the wall. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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