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She was iced to the main truck, and the spray had deposited hillocks of ice on her deck, weighting her down upon the ledges which had pinioned her.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman

Under normal circumstances Anderson would have been the stronger and quicker, but the Doctor fought with an added strength of despair and his initial leap had pinioned the detective's arms behind him.

From The Bat by Hopwood, Avery

Then he undid the clumsy knot with which the watchman had pinioned her hands.

From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

There before my eyes he had pinioned himself so that without aid he could not release himself.

From The Moon Pool by Merritt, Abraham

But, quick as the snap of a trap, the Jam-wagon had pinioned his arms at the elbow, so that he was helpless.

From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)