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Pinioned by reporters, he admitted that his plants now produce daily 1700 automobiles and 1� airplanes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Look!—where the fiery Glow-worm in briery Banks of the moon-mellowed bowers Sparkles—how hazily Pinioned and arily Delicate, warily, Drowsily, lazily, Flutter the moths to the flowers.

From One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue by Cawein, Julius Madison

It may be myself as I was in another life, Fashioned to lead where strife gives way to strife, Pinioned here in failure by knife thrown after knife.

From Songs and Satires by Masters, Edgar Lee

Pinioned as he was, he could not shake hands, and his voice faltered as he took leave of them.

From The Bread-winners A Social Study by Hay, John

Pinioned hands, stiffened shoulders and weakened muscles made the effort to drink difficult.

From The Coming of the King by Babcock, Bernie