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Examples of nailed

nailed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Nailed either to small hand cards, or to large cylinders in carding machines, this process loosened matted wool without combing it straight.
Simple notions of insider and outsider are very firmly nailed.
So actually, unless your beloved is, as free, legally and personally, as the wind, your choice is still nailed down to your own immediate circle.
The beams were put into position and on them was nailed the double layer of boards, with 16 nails for each board.
These colours are firmly nailed to the mast with a competent exposition of the relevance of lifespan to social cognition in the opening chapter.
A few boards, nailed at random over the felt provided the only light touch in all the blackness.
We will communicate openly and often as to what we know, even if we have not nailed down all the details.
They cut down small pieces of wood and nailed them together.
We model heavy ion presence using either infinitely heavy "nailed" ions or ions with deuteron charge-to-mass ratio.
He kept the front door locked, nailed up the back door and boarded up the windows.
Sealskin coated with tar and oakum was nailed over the likeliest spot, and the ship pushed back into the fjord.
Noticeable about this treatment is the fact that those meanings which present themselves clearly or easily to the lexicographer's attention are firmly nailed down (senses 2, 3 and 5).
The pound was high because the economy was being deflated, so they nailed the lid down on the deflation.
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