chain gang
Example Sentences
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King was arrested in Atlanta and sentenced to four months on a chain gang.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
The league likes the drama of a chain gang stretching to measure for that first down.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2023
The next year, he joined fellow organizers in protesting segregation in Rock Hill, S.C., where he was arrested and refused bail, serving 30 days of hard labor on a chain gang.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022
When the chain gang went in to measure it, the ball was short of the first down.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2021
Through the window over the sink she could see the deweys still playing chain gang; their ankles bound one to the other, they tumbled, struggled back to their feet and tried to walk single file.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
