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

The worst irony is that the paintings on which big investment money has fastened recently�the Impressionists�are precisely the ones most betrayed by conversion into a means of exchange available only to a small elite.

From Time Magazine Archive

A large serpent behind the pirate has fastened its fangs on his right shoulder, and has one coil between his right arm and his back.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.