fasten

“Don’t blame anyone else, you just fasten it on me,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The implied exhortation is that readers should fasten their seatbelts for a rare old ride.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

At designer Rowen Rose, a large orange stone was used to fasten a green or yellow scarf to a matching sweater.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

They fasten scarves on their visitors’ heads with a neat, pearl-topped pin.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024

“Now that’s a brilliant observation. We’ve got some mosquito netting, and I could sew some of that around the top, find some way to fasten it so you could open and close it.”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

David Raya fastens his gloves and breathes out.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Later he fastens his attentions on an unthreatening neighbor and his daughter, who has a crush on Frank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Arciga fastens the headset over his black beanie and enables “Do Not Disturb” on his iPhone, before fastening the phone to his head to record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

As a song—“Just a Little Bit of Light”—plays, he lifts a large menorah from his car, fastens it onto the roof, lights it, and dances beside it, out in the street.

From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025

I have a large Plexiglas tray that fastens to the arms of my chair.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

On long red ribbons fastened to a metal structure around a tree trunk, people wrote wishes for success at work or school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

The price of plastic has risen roughly 50 percent since before the Iran war, Chen told AFP as workers behind him fastened suction tubes to metal tanks.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

A plywood arch bearing the words “Caius Caesar: Preparing For Triumph” had been fastened to the door; the kids were getting ready for the annual Roman pageant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Her bathroom became a toilet she fastened on top of her septic tank outside and exposed for her neighbors to see — had any of them come back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

Ivan darted to him and fastened the coat shut over Håkon’s meager clothing as Anya gathered up their bags and weapons from the road.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Visitors also encountered the phonograph and early mechanical fastening devices that foreshadowed later developments in clothing closures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

Arciga fastens the headset over his black beanie and enables “Do Not Disturb” on his iPhone, before fastening the phone to his head to record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

“Incorrect shelf fastening can cause damage to both the bookcase and the contents on display, creating a potential safety risk for yourself and your loved ones,” he says.

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024

Following the outcry in Paris, Sargent repainted the fastening securely in place, but he never showed the painting again and was forced to decamp to London to restore his career.

From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

One of the women was embroidering a wedding sari, coiling gold thread along its borders and fastening it with the tiniest stitches imaginable.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan