pinned

past tense of pin

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • They’re called haptic halo wheels and they’re mounted on the steering wheel.
    Greg Migliore, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Stocks of India's largest private lender HDFC Bank, along with those of Axis Bank, fell nearly 5% on Monday as concerns mounted over their weak net interest margins.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • By some architectural wizardry of concrete and glass the pictures inside stand to attention, as if they, too, are suspended in time and space—a collection that faces in one direction, in orderly fashion, like the Terracotta Army.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • The Ministry of Education suspended in-person classes in the departments of San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Suchitepéquez and Retalhuleu, near the quake's epicenter.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • The Overland Park native, who attended Blue Valley North, grew up in a house draped in K-State purple.
    Latif Love July 16, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
  • In this week's installment of Far-Flung Postcards, NPR's Rebecca Rosman takes readers to the oldest bridge in Paris, which was draped in fabric last month to resemble a mountain cave.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Noe returned to the wharf and slung the dead rat across the water.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • The leasing officer who let us in watches from the doorway with a bemused smile as Parks films the space on her phone, clacking around the hardwood floors in nude heels and a backless seafoam dress, a Coach bag slung over her shoulder.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • By the time Noe and his sons were back home and had moored the boat to their wharf on the narrow pass that separated Cheniere Disparue from the mainland, the last low clouds of the front hung over the Gulf.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • Platner, for example, hung onto support from prominent Democrats even after a report of intimidating behavior toward girlfriends.
    Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • Limbs and twigs dangled by threads of bark, or were scattered underneath, completeIv broken away.
    Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
  • Colorful embroidery decorated Bluemarble’s washed blue jeans, while printed portraits were seen on Undercover’s jeans and key chains dangled from Vetements’ jeans with unraveled hems.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Similarly, the composer used a lyre to create the sound of a bow being strung — a key motif for Odysseus, who is a master archer.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • Most rural power lines consist of bare, uninsulated aluminum wires strung across thousands of miles of wooden poles, often through rugged forests.
    Jasmine Garland, The Conversation, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • The sun lashed everyone who arrived — some voluntarily, others hooked and lowered like cattle into the mines.
    Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
  • In the doc, Gelfand said there was another incident involving two twins who hooked themselves up to a car battery for 10 seconds in exchange for $10,000.
    Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026
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“Pinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinned. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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