- present tense form of pinion (3rd person singular).
pinions
Example Sentences
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They are large, high-value parts with dozens of components, including ring gears and pinions, specifically made for GM’s trucks—and thus not easily substituted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Those presidents by and large left the architectural pinions of the institution intact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2019
“I began to feel an invincible distaste for the same; & a longing to plume my pinions for a flight,” he explained.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2019
Creating life from pinions and pivots and tiny screws may be the easy part.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2016
Then it glided down and landed with brisk sweeps of its powerful pinions, and came to a halt on the wooden deck a few yards from Lyra.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
