- 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
A great silence descended, and the fetters of enchantment fell away from Selitos.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
