Example Sentences

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Fastened to a lanyard around his neck was a pair of binoculars, which had no lenses.

From Golf Digest • Dec. 15, 2017

Fastened to her blouse was a diaper pin, a reminder of the couple's two young children inside.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2016

Fastened to the walls were a bear’s head, steer horns and some military pictures of planes and warships.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2015

Fastened to the front of the casket was a red-and-white Solidarity banner.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fastened simply with her wooden skewers, she had one blanket draped about her as a skirt, and another covered her shoulders, with a high peak behind her neck, like a monkish cloak.

From Maid of the Mist by Oxenham, John