fastening

How To Use fastening In A Sentence

• I put the parchment down on the board, loosely, without fastening it. THE CALLIGRAPHER
• In clothes, "une agrafe" is a hook used for fastening 2 edges of material together - usually more reliable than "un bouton-pression" (= a press button) Agrafer - French Word-A-Day
• All those little frog fastenings—he itched to unfasten them one by one. How to Woo a Reluctant Lady
• The Spirit, however, in fastening this truth upon the conscience, does not extinguish, but, on the contrary, does consummate and intensify, the sense of all other sins. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
• Miriam caught up with me then, her hand grasping mine, her fingers fastening tight as she held me back. HIGH STAND
• The other drags him by the helmet, tearing all the fastening, and he strikes from his head the ventail and the gleaming coif. Four Arthurian Romances
• This last deficiency the guide is in the habit of supplying -- to such as condescend to accept his assistance -- by fastening a leathern strap round his waist, and giving the end of it into the hand of the traveller. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847
• She was at the vanity, fastening her pale blonde hair into a bun that was already unraveling.
• I smooth out my tie and shrug on my blazer, quickly fastening the button.
• The sundress has a neat back zip fastening.