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

Alexa then tells users that one of the bots will take over, unshackling the voice aide’s normal constraints.

From Reuters • Dec. 21, 2018

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

We hove in upon our chain, and after stoppering and unshackling it again and again, and hoisting and hauling down sail, we at length tipped our anchor and stood out to sea.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry