shackles

Example Sentences

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He wore shackles and a blue prison uniform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

He was paraded through Heathrow Airport with his wrists in shackles, and escorted onto a plane by two FBI agents.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

In film and television, book clubs are portrayed as a way for women to briefly free themselves from the shackles of domestic responsibility, sticky children, feckless husbands.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Bennett told the conference that proposals for a new special envoy gave him limited hope because the role "still has the shackles of the Foreign Office behind it".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Two of the guards unlocked Zeitoun’s handcuffs and shackles.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers