cuffs
Example Sentences
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To many, the sight of Paul being clapped into cuffs may have even burnished her renegade image.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
The collection also featured brocade capes, puffer jackets and long wool coats with oversized fur cuffs.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
New devices can screen for sleep apnea, measure blood pressure without arm cuffs and detect early signs of illness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
“They don’t want him to spend one day in jail. They don’t want him in cuffs at all,” Harper said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025
Then he knelt, retrieved mittens from my bag, and gently slid them over my hands, carefully adjusting the cuffs under my sweater sleeves.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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