pinned
Example Sentences
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Based on those, she had thought that she had been abandoned in the street, her brother swaddled on her back with their names and ages pinned to their clothes.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Blessing appears to want to exit the vehicle but is unable to fully open his door as it is pinned by the table.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
"People are really pinned to their collars here," she told the BBC News NI's Sunday Politics programme.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
This is not a tale where the heroine’s acceptable aesthetics are revealed by her removing her glasses or allowing her tousled waves to tumble out of a tightly pinned hairdo.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
An older Black woman, somewhere between typical auntie and typical grandma age—hair braided along the edges of her face and pinned into a low bun—greeted them, smiling broadly.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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