How to Use fixed in a Sentence

fixed

adjective
  • That day remains fixed in my memory.
  • The current design for a new bridge is 116 feet high with a fixed span.
    oregonlive, 2 July 2022
  • Meant to observe crops, the fixed-wing drone would have a battery life of an hour.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2018
  • This fixed-wing flyer uses a burst of gas to launch out of the water.
    Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2019
  • There’s no fixed amount of tokes that makes a stoner a stoner these days.
    Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The trucks will operate on fixed routes around the clock, seven days a week.
    Arkansas Online, 9 June 2022
  • The idea that there’s a fixed way to interpret anything.
    Madison Feller, ELLE, 30 June 2023
  • The shed measures 4 x 6 feet and features a front door, one fixed window, and a vent at the top for air flow.
    Katie Dubow, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023
  • Even if a No. 1 seed is forced to withdraw next week, the pairings will remain fixed.
    oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2021
  • The good news: Nothing will change to loans already taken out at fixed rates.
    Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2018
  • Eleven ships, six fixed-wing aviation squadrons and 18 submarines are at the base.
    Kristin Lam, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2019
  • The company touts that 80% of items on its site are new, with the bulk sold at a fixed price rather than being auctioned.
    Laura Stevens, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2019
  • But low-speed movement, with scanners running on full, in a fixed area, is a much safer way to apply the tech.
    Alex Davies, WIRED, 25 Mar. 2018
  • There needs to be tough and quick accountability and a fixed process.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2018
  • In bouldering, climbers navigate a course in a fixed amount of time.
    Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 26 July 2019
  • From its very first scene, Friends offered its viewers an odd mix of fixed gender roles and satire on them.
    Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The Telegraph reports that an unusual clause in his contract means that one of the big six can sign him for a fixed fee of £25m.
    SI.com, 13 May 2018
  • Most of them are on a fixed income and when their rents go up, their revenues do not go up and many are on the verge of homelessness.
    Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, 2 May 2018
  • Or would payments remain fixed and the extra funds used only to serve a larger caseload?
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Now, do the same squat with a free weight, and suddenly your muscles have to work to keep you from wobbling and your body doesn’t have to move any fixed path.
    SELF, 12 Jan. 2019
  • Host Jonathan Ferro discusses stories from the fixed income world with the biggest names in the field.
    Bloomberg, 23 Mar. 2018
  • These cars tend to have a small, cultish following-and the fixed expiration date tends to draw buyers who've been on the fence.
    Kyle Stock, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • These cars tend to have a small, cultish following—and the fixed expiration date tends to draw buyers who’ve been on the fence.
    Kyle Stock, Bloomberg.com, 25 June 2018
  • West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Is there a fixed time in which the agency needs to respond?
    jsonline.com, 15 May 2018
  • The sight features a fixed rear sight notch built into the housing that kind of co-witnesses with the standard-sized front sight.
    Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Lowe and Lewis no longer split their day distributing needles from a fixed locations on the East and West sides.
    Mark Naymik, cleveland.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Have a partner hold down your ankles or lock your feet beneath a fixed object.
    Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The tilt-rotor aircraft can take off like a helicopter but fly with the performance of a fixed-wing craft, with a top speed of 316 mph.
    Gordon Dickson, star-telegram, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The only fixed truth about technology is that change is inevitable.
    Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • And that fixed supply is what is missing from all other investments, such as fiat currencies, gold, and real estate.
    Korok Ray, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024

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