Sentence examples for was fastening from inspiring English sources

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was fastening

verb

To attach or connect in a secure manner.

  • The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.

Exact(3)

Mrs. Winner appeared as I was fastening my stockings.

Around the time that Brie was fastening its moldy grip on the American consciousness, the go-to brand for cocoa-bean luxury was, indisputably, Godiva.

One day, I watched her get dressed up to go out with my father and, as she was fastening a pair of earrings, I told her she was beautiful.

Similar(57)

Their window, too, was fastened shut.

Suet was fastened to tree trunks.

Her dark hair was fastened in a short ponytail.

The second cuff was fastened so tightly that his hand turned blue, the lawsuit says.

The drawn-out length of fibre was fastened to the weighted spindle, which hung free.

His jacket was fastened, no hand shake was offered, slices of paper left his hand.

A mask with a frayed cord was fastened over the woman's face.

A piece of the hawser was fastened on above McMahon's wound as a tourniquet.

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