chain gang
Example Sentences
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King was arrested in Atlanta and sentenced to four months on a chain gang.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
The league likes the drama of a chain gang stretching to measure for that first down.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2023
Rustin helped organize the first freedom rides and once spent 22 days on a North Carolina chain gang after being arrested on one ride.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023
The next year, he joined fellow organizers in protesting segregation in Rock Hill, S.C., where he was arrested and refused bail, serving 30 days of hard labor on a chain gang.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022
The sharpness in his voice told her that he was thinking about the chain gang too, and remembering their two little ones, just about the size of Minty, who had gone away like that.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
