pinned

Example Sentences

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Pinned at their own one-yard-line with six minutes to play, the Trailblazers, trailing 21-14, moved to midfield and were facing a fourth and 16.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2022

Pinned on their 10 after a punt with 2:07 to play, Barron converted twice on fourth-and-10 and hit an open MacPherson on fourth-and-10 from the 27 but the ball slipped through MacPherson’s hands.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2022

Pinned games will only disappear from Quick Resume if they’re manually removed or there’s an update to the game.

From The Verge • Mar. 9, 2022

Pinned to the noticeboard of Dr Viktor Urosevic's office are small plastic bags containing bullets.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2021

Pinned with numbers from the Giulia's manifest, they’d filed past a line of health inspectors who’d looked in their eyes and ears, rubbed their scalps, and flipped their eyelids inside out with buttonhooks.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides