Sentence examples for were fastened from inspiring English sources
verb
To attach or connect in a secure manner.
- The sailor fastened the boat to the dock with a half-hitch.
The anchors were fastened in the hole with polymer resin and were fastened outside the hole with washers and nuts.
Long loops of brass bathroom chain were fastened to opposing ends of the grills.
My feet, as has been stated, were fastened to the floor.
The luxurious legs of a spider were fastened to the tree trunk.
Rebuffed, she reassembles the ripped bodice, as if the garment were fastened with prophetic Velcro.
The heads were fastened by several methods, some still in use.
The cracks were caused by the stress generated when the brackets were fastened to the skin during the manufacturing process.
In winter calf-length boots were adopted, and short woolen, fur-lined cloaks were fastened by pins around the shoulders.
Root modules were fastened to a central porous tube supplying water, and moved forward with plant growth.
In the so far applied solutions a friction lining and brake shoe were fastened up by riveting.
Other victims were fastened to a frame and put to death with arrows; their blood dripping down was believed to symbolize the fertile spring rains.
