handcuffs

Example Sentences

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After all, presidents here come and go, often led away in handcuffs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Photos posted by the department on its Facebook page showed three men and a woman in handcuffs in a storage facility and a storage container about half full with what appeared to be catalytic converters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Gamboa, who was wearing a red shirt and boarded the plane in handcuffs and under heavy guard, attempted to prevent his extradition with last-minute legal appeals, but the efforts were rejected.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

But another showed him being arrested, complete with AI-generated photos of him in handcuffs.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

It was so common that out on the corner we had a sign for it, a shorthand, clapping your wrists together like you were being put in handcuffs.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah