shackled
Example Sentences
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Shackled in oversized green jail scrubs, I listened to a prosecutor in a Fairfax County, Va., courtroom tell a judge that in one night I’d single-handedly changed suburban shopping forever.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2020
Shackled and in a black and white jail uniform, Johnson was escorted under a heavy law enforcement presence into the crowded courtroom.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2020
ICE Air: Shackled deportees, air freshener and cheers.
From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2019
Shackled and noticeably trying to avoid the glare of the audience, construction worker Damin Pashilk walked into the courtroom in Lakeport wearing a white-and-green jail jumpsuit before shuffling to a seat in the jury box.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2016
Joy, hope and fear Suffer not near, Drive grief away: Shackled and blind And lost is the mind Where these have sway.
From The Consolation of Philosophy by James, H. R. (Henry Rosher)
