Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinning
Verb
-
As officials grapple with mounting repair costs, questions loom about whether the scenic route can sustainably withstand increasingly severe climate impacts.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Both Clausen and Bird give cautiously tender performances laced with mounting dread and sorrow.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
Such rotting fruit from the forest floor contained higher concentrations of fermenting yeast and alcohol than the fruits hanging from trees.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
-
Even as students work longer hours to avoid borrowing, loans accumulate like a cloud hanging overhead.—
Liam McCusker,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
Newsom also declined to note that the state, at his direction, is suspending Medicaid enrollment for new undocumented applicants this year due to budget shortfalls.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
-
That could involve suspending US company licenses or taxing US services.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
Ariana Grande stunned in a dramatic black Vivienne Westwood Couture ball gown that featured draping velvet straps tied in bows at the shoulders.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
-
The actress, 35, who's up for Best Supporting Actress for her work in One Battle After Another, wore a custom Schiaparelli floor-length gown complete with cutouts in the bodice and draping fabric for sartorial drama from all angles.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
Also mentioned is an auto-hitch system to simplify hooking it up to the tow vehicle.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Jan. 2026
-
The great Amazon in its north drains large areas as does the Parana-River Plate watershed to its south that reaches the Atlantic in the estuary between Argentina and Uruguay, The San Francisco flows north for hundreds of miles before hooking a right and dropping to the Atlantic.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
4 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
The cropped pants featured a dangling ornamental element at the hem, which swung above her shoes.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
26 Jan. 2026
-
Stick-and-poke tattoos tell their own tales, as do cigarettes dangling from shaky hands at Narcotics Anonymous meetings.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
Representing old Jewish East End London, Beigel Bake runs 24/7, slinging what Carver says is the best salt beef bagels in the city.—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Jan. 2026
-
Jones found that half-second pocket of good fortune under the basket, slinging a one-handed pass to catch Nikola Vučević with his hands held high, giving the center enough time to tip in a game-winning layup with 4 seconds to play.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
The share projecting at least a 10% budget increase grew more than three-fold — to 11% from 3% — year over year.—
Forbes Research,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
-
Along with Medicaid cuts supported by Issa, von Wilpert cited congressional statistics projecting more than 32,000 of Issa’s constituents will lose health insurance.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Pinning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinning. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
