harnessed

Example Sentences

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He was harnessed to the 58-foot-tall beam at the time, said the report from the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

They harnessed card-playing to productive ends, but few gamblers do.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Emphasising that concept, musical motifs from Arirang appear on the album's opening track, Body To Body, harnessed to a clattering hip-hop beat.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Although they appear magnetically neutral because their spins balance out, their internal magnetic structure can still be harnessed to store digital information in new ways.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

I don't know what happens to people when this ride is working, but when it isn't, the passengers hang in the air at odd angles, harnessed into legless metal love seats.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris