- present tense form of handcuff (3rd person singular).
handcuffs
Example Sentences
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Images that appeared on social media on Sunday showed Carse, 31, in handcuffs outside a bar in Derby on Saturday night and he was briefly arrested and subsequently de-arrested.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Video taken after Jando’s arrest shows him being escorted in handcuffs by a squad of Mexican commandos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Backing down from his promise made him look foolish, and if he hadn’t, he might have been the one to end up in handcuffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Reporters from the AFP news agency saw officers leading a woman in handcuffs the Have A Nice Stay bookshop into a van.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
In handcuffs, they were transported to police headquarters at the Wittelsbach Palace.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
