was fastening
- past progressive of fasten.
Example Sentences
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He felt helpless, as though his body had come undone and she was fastening it.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2018
But he was fastening his seat belt as he spoke, so it was a good thing that I had asked.
From The Verge ● Jun. 24, 2018
The Federal Government, he shouted, was fastening its hand on the money earned by the miners who sweat "in the bowels of the earth."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Theon wants me to yield the castle," Bran said as the maester was fastening the cloak with his favorite wolf's-head clasp of silver and jet.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Z glanced toward Rashid, who was kneeling next to a grid of metal strips he was fastening together with wire and twine.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
