chain gang
Example Sentences
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When the chain gang went in to measure it, the ball was short of the first down.
From Seattle Times
“Laws that say, ‘if you can’t say where you live, you can be locked up and made to work on the chain gang for some time.’”
From Seattle Times
The Republican sheriff was first known nationally for jailing people in tents amid Phoenix’s triple-digit summer heat, making them wear pink underwear and using them on old-time chain gangs.
From Seattle Times
Every fire season, they draw attention to its resemblance to chain gangs of the past, its low wages and its exploitative nature.
From Washington Post
A man recounts surviving a near-lynching in rural Georgia and spending seven years on chain gangs in the late 1960s and early ’70s before creating a successful career of turning painful memories into art.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
