Sentence examples for fastener across from inspiring English sources

When the Duchess of York remarked to him, "Oh Denis, I do get an awful press, don't I?" he mimicked doing up a zip fastener across his lips and replied, "Yes, ma'am, has it occurred to you to keep your mouth shut?" Denis Thatcher's family hailed from Wanganui, a coastal town in New Zealand, where there is a street named after them.

On one of Schiaparelli's evening dresses, a fastener slices diagonally across the wearer's groin, like an arrow pointing to her privates.

Though her clothing long ago disintegrated, amber buttons and fasteners were scattered across the woman's body in a row, hinting at how she may have been dressed.

Fasten your metal roofing with a suitable fastener.

Open image in new window Fig. 2 The A-V impulse system is wrapped tightly across the back of the hand and secured by Velcro fastener.

The end of the cover was then wrapped tight across the back of the hand and secured by Velcro fastener (Fig. 2).

Paper fastener (split pin).

The tops had only one fastener, at the back of the neck; in very little time, Neal Beasley's shirt came undone and blew across the stage.

Tighten the bolt in the fastener.

The Rome Fastener Corporation, 24 West 25th Street; (212) 741-9779; www.romefast.com.

The standard hollow-wall fastener is called a toggle bolt.