shackled

Example Sentences

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Shackled to strangers he cannot understand, he is deprived of the solace of shared language, heritage and community.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2022

Shackled and dressed in a dark blue jail jumpsuit, Díaz appeared before Judge William Matthewman in West Palm Beach’s federal courthouse on Friday.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2022

Shackled in oversized green jail scrubs, I listened to a prosecutor in a Fairfax County, Va., courtroom tell a judge that in one night I’d single-handedly changed suburban shopping forever.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2020

ICE Air: Shackled deportees, air freshener and cheers.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2019

Shackled to her, also with a pail, is the helpless Araminta.

From A Spinner in the Sun by Reed, Myrtle