pinned

past tense of pin

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Another company, Omni Hoverboards, pursues a similar path, while Ascend Dynamics experimented with a jetpack-style system using twelve rotors mounted in a backpack configuration.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Adams himself chose not to run in the Democratic primary and initially mounted an independent campaign, but suspended his campaign in late September, saying that media speculation and funds withheld by the city's campaign finance board undermined his ability to fundraise.
    Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • According to a media release from DHS regarding the ongoing impacts to the agency from the shutdown, funds administered to community partners through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Social Services Block Grant and Community Service Block Grant programs have been suspended.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Within two weeks, I was suspended for fighting.
    Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • While at the game, the couple color-coordinated their ensembles with Markle wearing a white button-down shirt with a navy sweater draped over her shoulders with dark pants, while Harry donned a navy blazer over a white T-shirt with dark trousers.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Plus, its textured arch pattern looks great draped over the couch or the foot of the bed when you’re not wrapped up in it.
    Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Several others showed up heavily armed, including Ben Fitzpatrick, of Eagle, who wore a black MAGA hat and carried a semi-automatic rifle slung across his shoulder.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 3 Nov. 2025
  • In recent times, everyone from Hailey Bieber to Alexa Chung, Dianna Agron, and Sarah Jessica Parker have slung the open top canvas top over their shoulders.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Long sunlit strands of vines hung from its branches.
    Idra Novey, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Larger tools, like rakes and shovels, should be safely hung or otherwise stored vertically.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The gems dangled from Fox's lace-up bodice, which featured scarlet boning and a sweetheart neckline.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • His arm dangled at his side as Denegal headed for the treatment tent on the SDSU sideline.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mere weeks after the empire had collapsed, that word appeared on posters glued to the walls of public buildings and on banners strung from lampposts along the central avenues.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Take the train from Copenhagen in under three hours and wander Aarhus’s pretty streets strung with Christmas lights, ducking into boutiques and cafés before making your way to one of two Christmas markets.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Murphy was hooked by the story and the girls’ strength and resilience.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Murphy has produced countless TV shows that have been heaped with acclaim, ratings and awards and Kardashian is a reality show star turned businesswoman and billionaire, with millions of followers and fans hooked to her every move.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Pinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinned. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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