- present tense form of manacle (3rd person singular).
manacles
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Initially modeled in plaster and later cast in bronze, “The Freedman” portrays a formerly enslaved man clad in a loincloth, his left arm in manacles, his right breaking free from the chains of bondage.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
“He said he’d go to his grave with the manacles of Iraq,” said retired Col.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Winters, we can look across the vast eastward miles, and regard with pity the icebound, housebound millions in the manacles of winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
In so doing, he has posed the question of what mind-forg'd manacles keep three, British-born, young men enslaved to a pair of unscrupulous builders.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2020
The manacles are off, but he’s still constantly accompanied by a pair of guards.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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