Example Sentences

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Saka had nailed down his place on the right side of the attack for both club and country prior to an injury-hit 14 months.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

I just wish I had nailed the masa balls.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024

Thanks to that fizzling 2019 climax, prequel “House of the Dragon” premieres Sunday amid slightly lower expectations than it would have if “GoT” had nailed the landing.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2022

A former minister with a background in education told me that because the education secretary had nailed his colours so firmly to a teetering mast, it was "inevitable" that he would have to go.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2020

Her sons had nailed plywood sheets to the windows and along the front of her house, so that the only way in was the back door leading to the latrine, barn, and pigsty.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago