fasten

Learning how to put on a helmet and how to fasten shoulder pads became his biggest challenge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

The implied exhortation is that readers should fasten their seatbelts for a rare old ride.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

At designer Rowen Rose, a large orange stone was used to fasten a green or yellow scarf to a matching sweater.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

Reusable pads look similar to disposable ones but are usually made from cotton or bamboo and fasten around your underwear with poppers.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

I fasten the bandage back, hold the ice pack to it so the swelling won’t be so bad when my kids see me tonight.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

David Raya fastens his gloves and breathes out.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Later he fastens his attentions on an unthreatening neighbor and his daughter, who has a crush on Frank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Arciga fastens the headset over his black beanie and enables “Do Not Disturb” on his iPhone, before fastening the phone to his head to record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

As a song—“Just a Little Bit of Light”—plays, he lifts a large menorah from his car, fastens it onto the roof, lights it, and dances beside it, out in the street.

From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025

He unzips his jacket and I press against him as he fastens it around me.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Smith said it was accepted there had been a failure to ensure the grating was properly fastened to prevent detachment while under tow.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

A plywood arch bearing the words “Caius Caesar: Preparing For Triumph” had been fastened to the door; the kids were getting ready for the annual Roman pageant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Her bathroom became a toilet she fastened on top of her septic tank outside and exposed for her neighbors to see — had any of them come back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

But I made it and fastened my seat belt.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

Despite myself I could not keep my eyes off his hands; the harder I tried to keep my gaze fixed elsewhere, the more it fastened itself to those stumps.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Visitors also encountered the phonograph and early mechanical fastening devices that foreshadowed later developments in clothing closures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

Arciga fastens the headset over his black beanie and enables “Do Not Disturb” on his iPhone, before fastening the phone to his head to record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

Kondo brought garments to life, like kites in the sky with voluminous silhouettes created by fastening and unfastening buttons.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

Following the outcry in Paris, Sargent repainted the fastening securely in place, but he never showed the painting again and was forced to decamp to London to restore his career.

From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

I had been promoted from gluing on the bristles to fastening the wooden halves of a brush together with brads.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson