Pinning [verb]

Definition of Pinning:

attach, hold in place

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Sentence/Example of Pinning:

But here he was pinning his satisfaction to the good showing of Diablo.

"I'll be pinning my shawl on and away like the wind," said Nancy.

If he should come to wed my daughter after pinning me to the wainscot of my own hall may I be for ever damned.

Alice was cutting and pinning and basting seams at the other end of the table.

It was on this political boroughmonger and jobber that Boswell was now pinning his faith.

She might even have been pinning the olive leaf into her dress.

A moment later Taylor had landed on top of him, pinning him to the ground.

The van overturned, pinning beneath it one of the wheel horses.

But Mina kept hers on it, pinning it immovably to the table.

I asked, pinning him down to the subject, for his mind was lost in angry memories.