Example Sentences

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The hosts will pin their hopes on Caroline Garcia making it this far.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

Step right up, and we will pin a medal on you.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2023

Then Monahan goes in again with the question he thinks will pin the whole story on them.

From The Verge • Mar. 4, 2020

His two daughters will pin epaulets on his shoulders, and John Jumper, a retired Air Force general and chairman of the Museum of the American Revolution, will administer the officer’s oath.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2018

I tell you what young gentleman, I will pin a dish-cloth to your back, and send you out of the kitchen, if you speak to me in that way.

From Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good by Kingston, William Henry Giles