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pinned

adjective as in engaged

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Lastly, I put the door back in place and drove the pins through the hinges.

However, one issue Greenberg said he sees with this model is that it’s hard to pin-point exactly how many people are watching, how long they watched and who those people are.

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Install the newly waxed chain on a clean drivetrain, using the dedicated connecting pin or quick link that comes with the chain—the one you swished in the wax.

I keep a clothes pin in my purse and clip my grocery list to the cart.

The diabolical ironclad beetle is notorious among entomologists for being so fantastically durable that it bends the steel pins usually used to mount insects for display, says entomologist Michael Caterino of Clemson University in South Carolina.

Presumably, had the deputies who pinned Saylor wore body cameras, video evidence would have helped determine what happened to him.

The deputies pinned Saylor to the ground, and he died of asphyxiation.

He was pinned to the cement for his refusal to go along with an arrest for selling loose cigarettes.

Cooper had little Alexis pose for a picture on the exact spot there Garner was pinned.

It was astonishing yesterday that he pinned the blame for the attacks on Mahmoud Abbas, the Fatah leader.

He was flung down heavily, and pinned prone in a corner by one of those bullies who knelt on his spine.

Besides those who have pinned their faith to the thicknesses, there are those who take up with the "air mass" theory.

To the lapel of his coat they had pinned a paper on which was written, "The fate that awaits all Kansas Jayhawkers."

Collars or sleeves, pinned over or tightly strained to meet, will entirely mar the effect of the prettiest dress.

The string of pearls was coiled up in the midst of the roll of soiled muslin and the badge was pinned to one of the folds.

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On this page you'll find 137 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pinned, such as: committed, hooked, matched, affianced, betrothed, and bound.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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