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
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
Let’s review it: The evidence is a promotional screenshot from the upcoming game Mario Tennis Aces, in which various characters, including Mario and Luigi, a ghost, and a ball and chain with teeth, play tennis.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2018
George Atzerodt goes meekly into custody and is soon fitted with wrist shackles, and a ball and chain on his ankle.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
