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

Jorah Mormont accepted his collar in a sullen silence, but Penny began to cry as the armorer was fastening her own into place.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Spurge was fastening a strap around his head.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin