Sentence examples for fasten by from inspiring English sources

To seize is "to grab hold of forcibly," from the Old French seisir, "to take possession of"; when used with up as an intransitive verb, it had an early meaning of "to fasten by the wrists in preparation for a flogging," which may be in the backs of some bearish minds in this winter of Wall Street's discontented volatility.

For joining metals to ceramics, the choices include (1) mechanical fastening by interlocking features or fasteners; (2) direct joining by non-fusion or, to a lesser extent, fusion welding; and (3) indirect joining using intermediates that include organic or inorganic adhesives or metallic fillers that are melted to enable brazing or soldering or to remain solid for assisting in diffusion welding.

In one case, the floor mats had been securely fastened by a dealer.

And this complaint is frequently fastened by a loose logic to a second one.

The heads were fastened by several methods, some still in use.

A good example is his relationship to locks, as fastened by devotees to the lattice grillwork of Shia shrines.

I loved a thick 18-karat rope fastened by two rams' heads and glittering knobs of ruby and sandstone.

In winter calf-length boots were adopted, and short woolen, fur-lined cloaks were fastened by pins around the shoulders.

"Imagine a human head inside the cage fastened by four titanium pins that dig into the skull," she writes.

Dickens had his Chuzzlewits and his Tapleys, his Pips and his Magwitches, locked in a cell, bound by a knot, fastened by a screw.

Fitted with a half-visor fastened by straps over his head — he did not wear a helmet — Dobbyn spent the next four seasons playing in Europe.