Sentence examples for straight pin from inspiring English sources
Inside the dollar was what appeared to be an ordinary straight pin.
"And their laser-sharp eyesight is useful around the house, especially if you drop a straight pin on the carpet".
It also produced an unexpected result, reminiscent of the Chinese fable of the mandarin who stood by the river fishing with a straight pin instead of a hook.
To reengineer anything be it a straight pin, a procurement system, or a Las Vegas resort we first must understand failure.
The French decorator Madeleine Castaing saw beauty in plastic flowers, considered the straight pin an essential decorating tool and loved leopard-spot wall-to-wall carpet.
"The artist put a straight pin in the wall, then held up the paper and secured it with a little magnet, so they looked like they were floating".
The paper is concerned with the collapse behaviour of initially straight pin-ended steel columns having unequal flanges.
She is followed by a small woman carrying a bag of straight pins.
He bought four two-pound boxes of ordinary straight pins for $7 each.
A short list includes woodchips, oil drums, straight pins, electrical cords and live snails.
