fastener

Example Sentences

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Fastenal declines after the fastener maker reports quarterly results in line with analysts’ estimates.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The titular “hare with the amber eyes” in Edmund de Waal’s memoir is a netsuke, a tiny Japanese carving intended as a fastener for use with a kimono.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Jonathan Needham, from Hucknall in Nottinghamshire, found the 3,000-year-old gold dress or cloak fastener at Ellastone, near Ashbourne.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

I rarely had to stop work to go get the perfect part or fastener.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

So when she saw Trotter’s purse with its no-good fastener lying wide open on the bed, inviting her, practically demanding her to look in, she did so.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson