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chained

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In November 2002, a detainee who had been held partially nude and chained to the floor died, apparently from hypothermia.

Most of them remain chained to their smartphones, scrutinizing the market to alleviate deal-making withdrawal symptoms.

Which is more substantive: chained CPI, or criminal justice reform?

That year they ugly-chained it all the way to the final, lost on penalties to Brazil, and I decided to abandon them.

Chained CPI is a more conservative way of measuring inflation and, in effect, an assault on already-retired seniors.

I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!

The man was raving mad, and the captain was obliged to have him bound hand and foot, and chained to the mast.

Then he chained and locked the filling station man to the steel cross member of the wash rack.

The yearning solicitude in the woman's eyes, the infinite pity on her face, chained him and drove all other thoughts away.

It would be interesting to have a complete list of the various books still to be found chained to desks in our ancient churches.

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On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to chained, such as: confined, bound, fettered, manacled, and restrained.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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