Sentence examples for Be pinned from inspiring English sources

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Be pinned

noun

A sewing pin, sometimes called a ballhead pin, which is a needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.

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CARSON: I hate to be pinned down.

The New Yorker

He will not be pinned down.

The New Yorker

He's not going to be pinned down.

The Guardian

Mr. Arkin, however, refused to be pinned.

The New York Times

Curtains and upholstery can be pinned up.

The New York Times

David Chang will not be pinned down.

The New Yorker

"Maybe it can't be pinned down".

The New York Times

The reality of gua, therefore, can never be pinned down.

Cornell University

But the source of the noise couldn't be pinned down.

University of California, Berkeley

No art can be pinned down in words.

The New Yorker

But what that means needs to be pinned down.

The Economist

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