manacle

Example Sentences

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Mostly I just fret, worry-beading minor problems and irritations until they form a manacle of woe.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2019

Within these limitations, the show covers an astonishing range, which should prove to even the most doctrinaire of abstractionists that an attachment to reality is not necessarily a manacle for the mind.

From Time Magazine Archive

He even got a leg manacle removed so that he could move freely about the courtroom.

From Time Magazine Archive

The prince's fingers locked on Jemmy's arm like a manacle.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

Harry saw his bald tail whip through the manacle on Ron’s outstretched arm and heard a scurrying through the grass.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling