PIN in a Sentence
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108 example sentences for PIN, such as:
1. Prick holes in the paper with a pin.
2. You could never pin that, Mr. Ordinsky.
3. You can push the pin in with your thumb.
4. Hold still a minute while I pin your dress up.
5. So he reached out and lent a hand with his pin.
2. You could never pin that, Mr. Ordinsky.
3. You can push the pin in with your thumb.
4. Hold still a minute while I pin your dress up.
5. So he reached out and lent a hand with his pin.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PIN
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pin
v. to hold fast or prevent from moving
n. a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
Classic Sentence: (75 in 6 pages)
1 The mortification and hurt pride that she had suffered in the library with Ashley and with Rhett Butler were pin pricks to this.
2 He could no more resist pricking the conceits, the hypocrisies and the flamboyant patriotism of those about him than a small boy can resist putting a pin into a balloon.
3 A belaying pin is found too large to be easily inserted into its hole: the carpenter claps it into one of his ever-ready vices, and straightway files it smaller.
4 Under his coat he wore a knitted grey vest, and, instead of a collar, a silk scarf of a dark bronze-green, carefully crossed and held together by a red coral pin.
5 He patted her flanks and talked to her in Russian while he pulled up her lariat pin and set it in a new place.
6 He was clean and neat as usual, with his green neckcloth and his coral pin.
7 He'd took off that silk neckcloth he always wore, and folded it smooth and stuck his pin through it.
8 Mrs. Shimerda had run to the animal, pulled up the lariat pin, and, when we came upon her, she was trying to hide the cow in an old cave in the bank.
9 He thought he could pin it together until he got it to a tailor.
10 You could never pin that, Mr. Ordinsky.
11 Edna drew her down upon the sofa, and taking a pin from her own hair, secured the shabby artificial flowers in their accustomed place.
12 She went on picking the leaves and digging around the plants with her hat pin.
13 She adjusted it, sticking the hat pin through the heavy coil of hair with some deliberation.
14 Joe took a pin out of his lapel and began to assist in exercising the prisoner.
15 So he reached out and lent a hand with his pin.
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1 See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day.
2 It has taken until now to pin down its exact location.
3 It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
4 When you go to the palace to receive your Military Cross, the Queen herself will pin it on.
5 Hold still a minute while I pin your dress up.
6 Prick holes in the paper with a pin.
7 Each participant received a packet including information guides, maps, a Super Bowl cap and a Share the Warmth lapel pin.
8 I've tried asking Stephanie, but she's proving difficult to pin down to a particular date.
9 Any true lover casting a pin into the fountain and gazing into it will see his or her future partner.
10 The dressmaker used a pin to fasten the pattern to the cloth.
11 Cut out all of the pieces from the paper pattern and pin them on the cloth.
12 You can push the pin in with your thumb.
13 I seem to recognize the quotation, but I cannot pin it down to its author.
14 A safety pin has a metal covering over the pointed end.
15 Trying to pin down exactly when the contractors would be finished remodeling the house, Nancy was frustrated by their elusive replies.