shackle

Example Sentences

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I heard you were calm and even smiled when it was announced—an act of defiance to tell them they might have your body but will never shackle your spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The lack of it is the shackle on so much within government and beyond: the national mood, taxes, you name it.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025

"This is a chemical shackle on generations of children that are going to be born into these communities if you don't clean up this lead."

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2023

Tinubu is rarely seen without his signature hat and its embroidered image of a broken shackle, emblematic he says of the fractured nation he will break free of poverty.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2023

The deputies didn't handcuff Walter or shackle him, so he walked into court waving to family and friends.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson