manacles

Example Sentences

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“He said he’d go to his grave with the manacles of Iraq,” said retired Col.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

Only after a moment do you see the iron manacles between the waves — a Romantic liberty Turner took.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2022

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

Despite the manacles on his hands and ankles, Elias’s shoulders are thrown back, and he holds his head proudly.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir