Sentence examples for having been pinned from inspiring English sources
(Tradition has it that his name, which means "Swollen-Foot," was a result of his feet having been pinned together, but modern scholars are skeptical of that etymology).
At the beginning of 1937, Franco's forces, having been pinned back on the outskirts of Madrid, decided to refocus their attack and instead push east in an attempt to cut off the vital Madrid-to-Valencia highway.
That lack of balance was Root's undoing in England's first innings at Lord's too — having been pinned back by two successive throat balls from Johnson, he fished at and feathered a just short of a length ball angled across him.
9th over: Sri Lanka 70-1 (Jayawardene 8, Dilshan 38) While the spinners have managed to smother the batsman's big attacking shots for a couple of overs, they can't stop the inventiveness of these two and Mahela, having been pinned down, reverse sweeps expertly and deftly for four.
The bleeder had been pinned.
We've been pinned down to zero.
Racing numbers have been pinned to tights.
More than 50 billion photos have been pinned on Pinterest.
A lot of hopes have been pinned to this record.
Her leg had been pinned beneath a heavy concrete slab.
His left leg had been pinned under debris.
