Sentence examples for strapped themselves from inspiring English sources

Test pilots strapped themselves into machines of barely controlled power and complexity, and a quarter of them were killed on the job.

Yet both political parties have strapped themselves to the mast of deficit reduction, one through spending cuts, the other tax increases.

After passengers strapped themselves into their galvanized steel seats, a film would begin playing in a porthole-shaped screen at the front of the cabin.

Some strapped themselves to the walls of the ruined shaft to stay above water; others found refuge in coal carts floating by.

Survivors said they had strapped themselves to shaft walls with their belts so they would not drown, hung there for days, then jumped into a mine cart that floated by.

The two hopped into the helicopter, strapped themselves in and, giving a thumbs-up, rose into the air, leaving me on the ground, gazing up, a swirl of pebbles and dirt banging off my glasses.

Meanwhile Britain's voters should strap themselves in.

Seven dancers will strap themselves into climber harnesses that are clipped to cables.

Well, then, parents of small and mid-size children had better strap themselves in.

Over 200 protesters were arrested in 2014 after strapping themselves to the White House fence.

Before venturing outside, the astronauts strap themselves into lumbering padded suits made from what appears to be gold lamé.