Example Sentences

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Moments before, a seamstress had cinched the boned shell of a black leotard up and over Ms. Oliver’s hip line.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2018

After all, the Vatican experts had predicted that a short conclave meant that one of the two front-runners had cinched the deal.

From Newsweek • Mar. 13, 2013

He had cinched cuffs around hundreds of wrists as a D.C. police officer, but now Brett Parson’s own hands were being placed behind his back.

From Washington Post

It was ironic that Floyd had cinched matters with a putt, since putting had been his biggest hangup through all four rounds at the National Cash Register golf course at Dayton.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had cinched some old fabric to make a bag that she slung over her shoulder.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead