- present tense form of fetter (3rd person singular).
fetters
Example Sentences
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“We seek a new revolution,” he said, “not less important, perhaps, in its consequences than that of 1776—a revolution in letters; a shaking off of the fetters of the mind.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
"I just couldn't break away from the fetters."
From Reuters ● Apr. 13, 2023
Its stage is where King Kong broke his fetters in the 1933 movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
Through religion, we are often invited to relive a past trauma as if it is unfolding perpetually in the present; and through the repetition of that trauma, transcend the fetters of its pain.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
Yoren even sent Lommy out with tankards for the three in fetters, who'd been left chained up in the back of their wagon.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
