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  • verb Present participle of refasten.

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Examples

  • "A.D.D. has always been a problem for me," Mike O'Hara said, before refastening his gaze on the honeycomb of television screens a few feet away.

    Meet a Couple of Modern-Day Baseball Cavemen Jason Gay 2011

  • The "new evangelicals," who should actually be labeled "historic evangelicals" because they're refastening the second prong, are an issue-by-issue people.

    Charles Redfern: The 'New Evangelicals' And The Near-Silent Roar Charles Redfern 2012

  • Douglas looked over at his wife refastening her ponytail and staring stonily out the window.

    Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

  • Douglas looked over at his wife refastening her ponytail and staring stonily out the window.

    Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

  • Ratu did not take out paper; he had taken down his ponytail and was refastening it, looking determinedly and shamefully out the window.

    Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

  • Ratu did not take out paper; he had taken down his ponytail and was refastening it, looking determinedly and shamefully out the window.

    Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

  • Ratu did not take out paper; he had taken down his ponytail and was refastening it, looking determinedly and shamefully out the window.

    Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

  • Next he grabbed hold of the edges of the opening and pulled himself up and through, turning about in the shaft and refastening the grate.

    Hunger Moon: Chapter Sixteen amberfocus 2008

  • I dipped my pinkie into the pool of hot wax around the candlewick and placed a tiny drop on the corner of the card, refastening it to the page.

    Excerpt: The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas 2008

  • Douglas looked over at his wife refastening her ponytail and staring stonily out the window.

    Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

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