Example Sentences

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The album’s closer, “Driftin’ Cowboy,” will nail down this collection for some as outright folk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Wang is expected to visit Washington before the end of October on a trip that officials will nail down the date and venue of the expected Biden-Xi summit.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2023

“If I can get an interview, I will nail it, but the hard part is securing the interview.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

President, “we will nail down date for visit to Washington.”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 25, 2019

“Except,” he said, “there won’t be a later because Roy Baty will nail me.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick