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

I was trying to tell them that I am putting my hands behind my back, that my hands are behind my back, and that I am trying to let them put the cuffs on me.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025

I yanked the cuffs of my sweatshirt down as far as they would go, picked up my board and turtled into the collar of my jacket as the lady hurried across the street.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx