- present participle of pin.
pinning
Example Sentences
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Clutching a photograph of his missing son, Rajesh Ram is pinning his hopes on DNA testing -- like thousands of others desperately seeking relatives swept away by Nepal's catastrophic Himalayan floods.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Nathaniel Moore went to Las Vegas to see why some lost boys are still pinning their hopes on Bitcoin.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
The U.S. is also pinning some of its hopes on the deal it has made with Venezuela for that country’s crude.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
This time, they’re pinning their dreams on state Rep. James Talarico, a seminarian and viral sensation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
For us to conclude that something is not the case, we must take the extra cognitive step of pinning the mental tag “false” on a proposition.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
