Fastened

Examples

• She has joined the two chains, and has fastened them to the hasp in the tin case. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The force of the water causes rotation of the turbine and of the shaft which is rigidly fastened to it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• You can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• A little cup is then fastened to the tree with a piece of soft clay to press the cup against it, and the juice runs into this cup. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Both of them were fastened on the inside. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Yes, I'm afraid of some things--of being shut up, locked up anywhere--or being fastened. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She held me by both hands, and her eyes fastened searchingly on mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A cold, moist, slimy something fastened itself upon my throat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Entering a portal, fastened only by a latch, I stood amidst a space of enclosed ground, from which the wood swept away in a semicircle. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• For instance, in the very earliest days of electric lighting, the safe insulation of two bare wires fastened together was a serious problem that was solved by him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I could see that her mind was too much occupied to feel the dreary impressions from without which had fastened themselves already on mine. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In answer to Inspector Martin, they were clear that every door was fastened upon the inside, and that no one could have escaped from the house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• A tightly stretched leather strap extends horizontally from the upper end of the arc back to the post, where it is fastened with a swivel screw. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• With more or less difficulty he would be conducted to a picket rope outside and fastened there. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The cover of the boiler is then closed and fastened by lugs, and steam turned on until the goods in the can are thoroughly heated through. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The two ends of the wire were connected with an electro-magnet fastened to a vertical wooden frame. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• When this is fastened the cloth is tacked around the remainder of the bed; being stretched as tightly as possible in every direction. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• You remember this little ring fastened to my watch-chain? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She affects not to know that his eyes are fastened on her as she droops her head again; but her whole figure reveals that she knows it uneasily. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The cushions are fastened to the inside of the rail by means of a specially prepared glue. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The wheel and axle consists of a large wheel and a small axle so fastened that they rotate together. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• After weeks of work he brought his teacher a remarkably exact map of the world, drawn to scale, and outlined in ink on paper pasted on linen, and fastened on two rollers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• She took up the theme again five minutes after, as Caroline fastened her dress and clasped her girdle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• There he stood, his eyes still fastened on the flames in a changeless, vacant stare. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Did you ever see a bed fastened like that before? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Instead of the rope and pulleys Newcomen fastened a walking-beam to the end of the piston, and attached a pump-rod to the other end of the walking-beam. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This expels the worm alive and entire within two hours, the head firmly fastened to the side of its own body. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• You see, it is not fastened down, only just laid there. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He swept up the soft festoons of plaits and fastened in the tall comb (to such uses do men come! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Instantly a score of cruel fangs and keen talons were sunk into my flesh; cold, sucking lips fastened themselves upon my arteries. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

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