chained

Example Sentences

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She volunteers with a group that visits Skid Row, provides supplies to the people there, and tries to rescue animals who live chained up in abysmal conditions.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Outside the capital's national police facility known as Zone 7, family members had chained themselves to prison gates, while some had spent weeks sleeping in tents.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

“It is keeping people chained and, in a sense, locking up their potential and their dreams,” said Pacheco, who serves as president and chief executive of TheDream.US, a scholarship program.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

They were chained or tied together and marched, often barefoot, first into Georgia and then farther and farther west in the dramatically expanded United States.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

But I’m not going to keep him chained.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor