Sentence examples for were fastening 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 surfers looked ready to test their luck — they were fastening the surfboard leashes around their ankles.
Right next to us, workers were fastening steel girders and dashing around unharnessed high above the street, directing the crane, guiding the huge beams into position by hand.
A beam they were fastening atop the elevator machine room rolled out of place, and Mr. McEnroe and Mr. Powell lost their balance and plummeted 65 feet to their deaths.
It felt as if you were fastening yourself around the intrusion like a painful, dry suction.
Behind him, at the north end of the grounds, workmen on a long podium were fastening large bouquets of flowers to a backdrop of arabesque patterns.
My feet, as has been stated, were fastened to the floor.
The heads were fastened by several methods, some still in use.
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.
Both were fastened with wire and PVC glue.
The anchors were fastened in the hole with polymer resin and were fastened outside the hole with washers and nuts.
