- present participle of unshackle.
unshackling
Example Sentences
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As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, its national soccer team has spent this summer unshackling itself from its own stunted history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Her new book, “You Got Anything Stronger?,” continues the project of unshackling.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2021
Brands offers a detailed, almost minute-by-minute account of Brown’s raid, which he rates a “wretched fiasco,” a “quixotic venture” that, far from unshackling the enslaved, tightened their shackles even further.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2020
Alexa then tells users that one of the bots will take over, unshackling the voice aide’s normal constraints.
From Reuters ● Dec. 21, 2018
Its unshackling effect on my sensory bonds will free me for higher spheres.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
