are fastening
- present progressive of fasten.
Example Sentences
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The wood-choppers are fastening life-preservers about their bodies.
From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by McGovern, John
Stop when you are fastening up the rope and try it.
From Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) by Whyte, Alexander
They are fastening a morbid attention on a morbid subject.
From The Friendships of Women by Alger, William Rounseville
Men are fastening on their flat-topped hats and feeling themselves in their stirrups.
From Hunting Sketches by Trollope, Anthony
