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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Paul, a helpful passenger had fastened the gear so tightly to the plane seat that she could not remove it at her final destination.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023
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
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
Someone had fastened a pair of antlers to the knight's head.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
