Sentence examples for straight pins from inspiring English sources
She is followed by a small woman carrying a bag of straight pins.
A short list includes woodchips, oil drums, straight pins, electrical cords and live snails.
Two closetlike areas emphasize the hermetic character of Pam Cooper's mixed-media collages, held together by rusting straight pins.
"You hated it when the manager made you stay late to vacuum straight pins off the carpet".
I dug into the basket, stabbed my hand on several straight pins, and dumped the contents onto the kitchen table.
Metallic, iridescent, glossy, and matte paints are brushed, squeegeed, and dripped onto surfaces; thick blobs of paint support clusters of straight pins and string.
I particularly like the fact that plastic hooks are used instead of straight pins.
Marj Halperin, a media consultant, stuck straight pins into her Barbie's head, true, but she was attaching sequin earrings.
The beak and the head are fashioned from small yellow peppers attached with straight pins.
These are thin, straight pins that were used in knitting factories to spread the yarn.
