It looks to me as though he's been pinned down in the loop of the river, Garry agreed.

We can't afford to get cut off and pinned down in the hold.

Serge and Coleman begin running but are quickly pinned down in the back of the club.

When you're pinned down in the hot sun, thirst is the worst torture.

It's therefore vital we keep them pinned down in their Towers, well away from the main action.

His unit was pinned down by a Japanese machine gun nest high up in a hill.

Not while he watched his men pinned down under a barrage of fire in a vulnerable location.

"I will just keep my people pinned down in the corner until I hear from you."

He was a rat of action, and the idea that the world could be pinned down in little signs worried him a bit.

Soviet forces are kept pinned down in Yugoslavia by resistance fighters.