How to Use affix in a Sentence

affix

1 of 2 verb
  • Tall wooden decks are seen affixed to the back of many homes.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Lopez affixed a seizure warrant to the jet.
    — Joshua Goodman, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Starting from the top, use a nail gun to affix the planks, making sure to hit a stud.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2022
  • The proof of purchase is a decal that must be affixed to the vessel.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Also fitting in with the theme was a dainty bow affixed to the vamp.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Each consignor then prints a tag that includes a barcode to affix to the item.
    — Kari Barnett, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Oct. 2020
  • This can be found on a sticker affixed to the inside of the driver's side door.
    — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Tía had affixed it to the door with layers of transparent tape.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Lavin, though, does not affix the blame solely to the defensive end of the floor.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2022
  • In each small group, rubber boots are donned and headlamps affixed snugly on half a dozen heads.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Picture a sea of tables, each inset with a grill, and a cadre of servers, each affixed to a tablet.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • Her 1-year-old sat quiet in a stroller affixed with a small, portable fan.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Here are directions on how to affix your rider number to your bike.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
  • They are known only by their mothers’ names, taken from tags affixed to their ankles at birth.
    — Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The cameras, affixed to light and traffic poles, were turned on at the end of July.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The team noted the changes by affixing blue stickies to the bulkheads.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
  • One of the dolphins was affixed with a temporary satellite tag.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 4 May 2023
  • That’s when the smile arrived, revealing a shiny jewel affixed to a tooth on the left side of his mouth.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Such devices can be as simple as a disk affixed to a telescope that precisely blocks out the sun.
    — Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Everything in her house has a story, including the horse bust affixed to a wall in the den.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Each crystal is hand affixed with E6000 glue.
    — Patrice Hutton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Some perky-looking musical notes, in brass, were affixed to railings.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The ex in question was vague and malleable; a love-scarred listener could affix her own target to it.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 29 June 2023
  • That means the base of each bulb has an acrylic seal to permanently affix it to the wire, keeping moisture out.
    — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2020
  • It could be used for a pleasant night of car camping, with skylights and capable roof racks affixed to the top.
    — Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The song went on to affix his renegade spirit in fans’ hearts and helped to launch his stratospheric career.
    — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Use a hammer and nail to affix them to the back of a thick wooden cutting board, with your picture in the center.
    — Ella Quittner, Bon Appétit, 20 Dec. 2022
  • For the last 10 years, his focus has been affixed to the NBA.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Here, the landscape designer added detail with an apple tree affixed to the side of the house with wire and screws.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 6 May 2026
  • These words are also affixed (with a label) on items in The Spice Suite.
    — Felice León, Essence, 6 June 2023

affix

2 of 2 noun
  • To reach the bottom, the two had to stop at each drop-off, affix safety ropes, and then rappel down a cliff.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 23 Jan. 2026
  • These units affix lights to wheel spokes, which rotate rapidly enough to give the impression that the entire wheel is alight.
    — David Schneider, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2018
  • No mortar affixes the massive pink granite blocks to one another.
    — Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Esperanto boosters like to boast that about 95 percent of the language can be understood by knowing fewer than five hundred common plug-and-play roots and affixes.
    — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • Stärke affixes its own badges, then adds its own lighting package, bumpers, and exterior trunk handles, as well as the option of selecting simple manual mirrors and chrome bumpers.
    — Peter Nelson, Robb Report, 27 May 2026
  • Once the foundation is completed, workers plan to spend about 10 months constructing the primary concrete structure of the arch and then affix granite panels to the concrete.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • The city attorney is right in asserting in the complaint that courts will look past the independent contractor label Campbell’s affixes to its distributors.
    — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Pin one to a scarf, the waistband of your jeans, or go the runway route (à la Tory Burch, Ashlyn, and Rodarte FW25) and affix one to the lapel of a wool blazer or cape.
    — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Republican legislators last week approved a proposal that affixes Trump’s name to Palm Beach International Airport (HB 919).
    — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
  • However, writing of any kind, with any message, is prohibited per Major League Baseball’s Uniform Regulations which provides in part that, ‘(a) Player may not write, attach, affix, embroider or otherwise display nicknames or messages on apparel or playing equipment…’.
    — ABC News, 16 June 2026
  • However, writing of any kind, with any message, is prohibited per Major League Baseball’s Uniform Regulations which provides in part that, ‘(a) Player may not write, attach, affix, embroider or otherwise display nicknames or messages on apparel or playing equipment…’.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
  • However, writing of any kind, with any message, is prohibited per Major League Baseball's Uniform Regulations which provides in part that, '(a) Player may not write, attach, affix, embroider or otherwise display nicknames or messages on apparel or playing equipment…'.
    — CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and other partners worked to take biological samples and affix radio collars to 20 moose in the western Upper Peninsula in February 2025.
    — Free Press Staff, Freep.com, 19 Feb. 2026

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