Example Sentences

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Every time our server approached, some of my friends rushed to refasten their masks.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2021

LaBelle discreetly enlisted the help of then-First Lady Hillary Clinton to quickly refasten her with a safety pin.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2017

She climbed out of her vehicle to try to dislodge the guard rail and then settled back in, long enough—Rick Hope, the motorist behind her, speculated—to refasten her seat belt.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2015

Then, with nuts, bolts and wrenches and mallets, they refasten the metal connectors that hold the long cylinders of vinyl-covered foam together.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2010

I think about Ida, back up in the bedroom, and I refasten the lid, saving the other half of the jar for her.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland