unshackling

Example Sentences

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Her new book, “You Got Anything Stronger?,” continues the project of unshackling.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021

But Kapur and Graft’s story — and by extension the story of Auroville — isn’t one of escape, of unshackling themselves from the clutches of a toxic cult for the safety of the real world.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2021

Coming from a country where too many people were reconciled to their fate from too early an age, the animating force of the American Dream was not just seductive but unshackling.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2017

Unstrapping it from my wrist kind of felt like unshackling a handcuff. 

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2015

Bâtard’s sides were heaving regularly, but Leclère felt that the breath came and went a shade too quickly; also he felt that there was a vigilance or alertness to every hair that belied unshackling sleep. 

From The Faith of Men by London, Jack