ball and chain
Example Sentences
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High prices have hobbled Americans with a ball and chain.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025
As time went on, Veasley said her pain became like a ball and chain that got heavier and heavier.
From Salon • Oct. 9, 2023
We now know that the relationship we have with our means of communication is more complicated, that our phones have become less of a release than a perpetual ball and chain.
From New York Times • May 17, 2022
New monuments have gone up elsewhere, including Brown University’s Slavery Memorial sculpture - a partially buried ball and chain - and the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers under construction at the University of Virginia.
From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2019
The moment the Tower came into view, a whole new weight added itself to the ball and chain of terror I was dragging behind me.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
