handcuff

Example Sentences

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Asked about the raid and agents’ conduct, DHS said, “ICE does not zip tie or handcuff children.”

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

These steps wouldn’t handcuff discretion; it would discipline it.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

In another clip, federal agents detained an elderly man sitting on the sidewalk near a liquor store, “making sure to put a handcuff on his hand as they helped him up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

“Figure out specifically how much money you can afford to spend on a monthly basis — which can handcuff you, in a way, of not going on a free-for-all spending spree,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025

There was a band of sweat around his wrist where the handcuff had been.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar