Example Sentences
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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 is pinioned between what he wants to do as a toddler and what he cannot do as a politician.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2017
And McMaster, for all his brilliance, is still pinioned between competing visions of foreign policy.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2017
Matthias undid the twine that pinioned the sparrow’s wings, and Warbeak flapped her wings experimentally.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
