Example Sentences

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An eye-witness described seeing one driver who had got out of his car who had strapped himself to a lamppost with his belt, to stop himself from being washed away.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

The volunteers had strapped on devices to measure their heart rates and the temperature of their skin.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2022

In 31 of 32 games this season--29 of them victories--Edney had strapped the Bruins on his slender shoulders and carried them to the brink of a Final Four championship.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2020

She had strapped her feet into a monofin, as is sometimes used by free divers for a turbo-charged butterfly kick underwater.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020

He lifted a bag he had strapped over his shoulder and hung it around my neck.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling