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

As he rises and swishes, the designs of an NBA defensive scheme now lay in waste on the hardwood, as useful as broken fetters.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 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