pinning

Example Sentences

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She pushes buttons because she’s trying to get them to admit something, or she’s pinning the fly to the bulletin board and watching it squirm.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

The current Westminster government is pinning its hopes of fixing the problem on its recently passed Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

“The market could be pinning too much hope on the U.S.-China talks yielding some positive results on Iran,” analysts at ING say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Companies increasingly have been pinning mass layoffs on the use of artificial intelligence, just as many AI skeptics feared.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

So I tied my hair back, carefully reassembled myself—I didn’t like pinning my scarf in place, so I usually wrapped it loosely around my head, tossing the longer ends over my shoulders—and reemerged.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi