Example Sentences

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However, on closer inspection, the Chinese sword is much less formidable—and the hair by which it hangs is in fact a sturdy and well-fastened rope.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 26, 2010

One man smote the door-post of the stablished hall, and another the well-fastened door, and the ashen spear of another wooer, heavy with bronze, struck in the wall.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew

Do ye, opening the well-fastened gates, call the ruler of this land outside the house.

From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides

One man smote the doorpost of the stablished hall, and another the well-fastened door, and the ashen spear of yet another wooer, heavy with bronze, stuck fast in the wall.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew

In this way the folds will disappear, and the canvas be stretched tight and well-fastened to the gunwale.

From Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 by Elverson, James