Sentence examples for we were pinned from inspiring English sources

If we mumbled "no," we were pinned with a white one to honor a lost mom.

We continually repelled the opposition when we were pinned on our own line through repeat sets which is pleasing".

We were pinned down, surrounded by 45 members of the Taliban versus 15 of our guys.

"We were pinned down for hours and didn't get back to the TV station in Managua until mid-afternoon.

"We were pinning our hopes that this baby was going to be another Moshe who stayed on so there would be a memory of the parents," said Rabbi David Niederman, referring to a Hasidic toddler who survived a 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai that killed his parents.

"We're pinned down in the compound.

"We are pinned down," a Marine major explained to his Afghan counterpart as they waited helplessly, according to a report from McClatchy Newspapers.

In reality, we're pinned to a single, solitary rock, cold and alone in a vast, unfathomable universe.

We think we're pinning medals on heroes.

In fact, we're pinning tails on donkeys.

"We are pinning all our hopes on improvement when the new government begins its work," he added.