fasten
verb (used with object)
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
has fastened
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present perfectof fasten (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But now it has fastened itself upon an object, a project.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2021
My friend has fastened onto me as a sort of reference guide lately, probably because I’m a blathering know-it-all.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2020
Karel Capek, Czech author who wrote R. U. R. and who pronounces his name "Chapek," has fastened upon the curiously fascinating and not wholly unusual theme of one who lived beyond her time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Apart from this, the keen criticism of modern times has fastened especially upon two groups:—2 Thessalonians; Colossians with Philemon, Ephesians and the Pastorals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
To the end of a hollow reed she has fastened a tuft of grass.
From Tales of South Africa by H.A. Bryden
