unshackled
Example Sentences
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Streeting, now a backbencher, is unshackled from the obligations of front bench collective responsibility for the first time in years.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
As Weibo’s popularity exploded in 2010, the internet seemed like “a third space unshackled by the rules that bound the rest of the nation’s institutions.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
For the first time, I feel unshackled from the expectations of waiting.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
Gordon, the violinist Laurie Anderson and the percussionist David Van Tieghem — a group of new music all-stars — did a short set with the playful and unshackled feel of cartoon music.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2024
She handed it over to him and he unshackled his wrists as she rooted around in a box she’d brought over.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
