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

But as busy as UW’s defense makes the chain gang, it doesn’t overwork the scoreboard operator.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2023

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

In March, too, when it was obvious that she was getting better, she learned that she and her brothers were to be sold South, part of the next chain gang.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry