He pounced on her, tossing her back amidst the pillows and pinioning her naked body beneath his that was unfairly fully clothed.

A particularly effective device that adds both color and animation to several pieces is the pinioning of small plastic fruits and vegetables on individual cantilevers of wire.

The Mouser obeyed and stood to attention again insofar as his pinioning would permit, and smiling the more seeming carefree because of his reawakening uncertainties.

Then claws seized him from behind; he felt the pannier removed from his back, and a loop of sticky silk passed around his body, pinioning his arms.

For a minute she thought his ill humor had vanished until she felt the pinioning grip of his hands on her arms that bound them to her side while they hauled her nearer.

"Naturally my first reaction, when I felt his grip upon me, was a spontaneous attempt to resist; but that effort was both short-lived and unsuccessful, as my opponent quickly proved himself fully capable of pinioning both of my arms with one of his own.

The operation of pinioning was performed by Calcraft, the rope was adjusted to a staple fixed in the beam and the cap was drawn on over the prisoner face, at the appointed signal of the Chaplain closing his book, the bolt was drawn and without a struggle the unhappy man was despatched to eternity.

Pinioned to the table, he could move only his head.

Then he went to move, all at once, and I was on top of him again, pinioning his hands.

I tried to cover myself, but found my arms pinioned from behind.

Other hands pinioned them against a wall of the hallway.

They held on to his arms and legs, pinioning him so that he could not move.

But, pinioned by the press of men around them, they were unable even to reach the floor.

Still pinioning his arms, they kicked him behind the knees.

The single arm which pinioned him felt like a steel cable.

The captain was a prisoner, his arms pinioned by two men.

"The same man who was here in this room yesterday, bound and pinioned before you?"

The other servant stepped behind the girl and pinioned her arms.

And his hands were behind him, as though pinioned.

Small as the child was, it didn't seem to be any easy matter to keep him pinioned that way.

I was well held by the two brutes who pinioned my arms.

Instantly, his arms were pinioned, and he was jerked to the ground.

Once they were buckled, he was pinioned to the frame.

Even with the magic pinioning him, he cried out in agony.

While she continued to fight, they kept her pinioned.

Their lives are now pinioned to this bottomless question: Who is responsible?

I do not want to be fixed, to be pinioned.

Behind these came two men leading between them a third, whose hands were pinioned behind his back.

Two Chinese attendants appeared as it were out of the blue, and pinioned me by both arms.

He kept his gaze pinioned on the window in the metal chamber door.

He had barely finished when they pinioned his arms.

He landed on Larry's back, pinioning the fellow's arms to his sides.

He spread his pinions and took off into the sky.

She could certainly see the effort in the straining pinions.

The open pinion became the most popular design due to its strength.

A second revision included a stronger pinion and was made 1993-1997.

Some of the long tail pinions were bent and broken.

To move between them on golden pinions like some glorious bird.

It is intended to be installed on a pinion wall of the city in June 2007.

All braking is done using the rack and pinion system.

Forth from the shadows came a beating of strong pinions.

Rotating the pinion causes the rack to move left or right.

You did a marvelous job putting those new pinion feathers in place.

We will fly that falcon when her pinions are grown.

The pinion is also removable from the back as well making for easier access.

I very much did not want to replace the rack and pinion steering a second time.

The carriage travels by means of a rack and pinion system.

Unusually for the time, rack and pinion steering was used.

A long pinion stood in the corner behind him.

He faltered in the air as its pinions beat against his cheeks.

He settled his own pinions, turned from her and began to walk among the devices filling the floor space.

Steering was still of the conventional rack and pinion type.

A safety pinion was an alternate means of protection, used with the going barrel.

With him it will be the pinions of the vulture."

"Oh, sit down and watch your mouth," said Pinion, but he was grinning too.

The steering is rack and pinion with electric power assistance.

Such large engines would require a rack and pinion to be moved effectively.