pinned

past tense of pin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinned
Verb
  • Meanwhile, airborne early-warning aircraft often use large radar arrays mounted above the fuselage to provide surveillance over a broad area.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Concerns mounted in July, when OpenAI disclosed that two of its models escaped containment, accessed the open internet and breached a company called Hugging Face.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Sigma Phi Epsilon isn't among the five fraternities that are currently listed as suspended.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • While the league rulebook states what should happen during the anthem, the protocols were suspended years ago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Miranda Kerr The Aussie babe wore a more classic look with yellow and colorless diamonds, citrines, and aquamarines, which was then draped in strands of pearls and finished with a pearl tassel.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Tyrese Haliburton needed the towel draped around his neck to dry the tears streaming down his cheeks.
    — Peter Finney Jr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • In the center is Jones with an electric guitar slung over his shoulder in a protective gesture, like some mothers carry babies on their hips.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2026
  • How decadent to have a vermouth on the rocks and sweet treats — affogato, flan, a silky strawberry panna cotta — under the half moon slung low in the sky.
    — Amanda Lee Koe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Overcast skies hung low over a nearby hillside in full autumn color.
    — Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In May of that year, Walzer and I sat in their kitchen and talked amid boxes waiting to be unpacked and paintings waiting to be hung.
    — Jordi Graupera, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • To neighboring countries, Europe dangled membership in and association with the EU.
    — Claas Mertens, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Because the second year of Powell’s two-year, $44 million deal is a team option, he could be dangled at the trade deadline to a contender that needs a shooter.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Look for the poles, the veteran balloon pilot explains to the two men along for the ride, because sometimes the thin lines strung between them all but disappear against the ground below.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Short said the tobacco strung at the fair — which was grown at the nearby Oxford Tobacco Research Station — will be sold to a contractor and likely go into cigarettes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Once a shark is hooked, the team brings it on deck and places it in a large cooler filled with seawater.
    — Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026
  • You’ll be hooked enough to pick up the next in the series, A Court of Mist and Fury, which follows the love story between Feyre and her mate.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2026
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“Pinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinned. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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