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She had her wings pinioned by previous owners, meaning she is unable to fly.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
Controversial newsmakers—Monica Lewinsky, Tonya Harding, Lorena Bobbitt among them—had the term pinioned to them like a scarlet letter, stripping away their accomplishments and leaving only scorned husks of their real selves.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2025
He had crewcut hair, a scar across his lip and lay as if pinioned to the bed, eyes wide with fear.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2019
He is pinioned between what he wants to do as a toddler and what he cannot do as a politician.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2017
She pointed to the dense thorny branches of a Blood Rose, cut and pinioned into cruel horizontals against the wall, yet still wild and heavy with dark red blooms.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
