Example sentences for: pinned

How can you use “pinned” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • His statue — inexplicably pinned halfway up a monolith in a very martyr-like pose, although he died in his bed (in China) — stands with its back to the sea beside a sculpted frieze dedicated to the suffering of his Japanese converts.

  • Although blame for this development is ordinarily pinned on states like California, greedy for attention, that have front-end-loaded the primary system, the media themselves are also to blame, along with political consultants, pollsters, and so on, all of whom have a vested interest in the "permanent campaign" (a concept used in a book title, if not actually invented, by Sidney Blumenthal, but not necessarily invalid for that reason alone).

  • The blame for the killings was pinned on the Communist Party, the PKI, which denied any involvement.

  • Where wildfire is concerned, the many differences between such countries can perhaps be pinned down to two essentials.

  • Southerners pinned the label on both the opportunistic and idealistic Northerners who packed their worldly possessions into "carpetbags" during Reconstruction and moved to Dixie to enter politics.


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