fasten
verb (used with object)
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
had fastened
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past perfectof fasten.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Some kind person had fastened it around the bicycle rack and any number of subsequent passersby had left it there for me to recover.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
Someone had fastened them to the wall by a white paper phoenix, the mythical bird that rises from the ashes.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2020
Inside, Dayvon’s grandfather had fastened a black ribbon to the boy’s stocking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2019
Both had become sharp critics of America’s military involvement in Vietnam, yet both had fastened upon the scourge of gross economic inequality as the greatest threat to American democracy.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2018
Yossarian tore his eyes away from the gaze of burning entreaty Dobbs had fastened on him.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
