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

The fetters would not keep fastened; the doors unbarred themselves.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton