chain gang
Example Sentences
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King was arrested in Atlanta and sentenced to four months on a chain gang.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
The league likes the drama of a chain gang stretching to measure for that first down.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2023
The next year, he joined fellow organizers in protesting segregation in Rock Hill, S.C., where he was arrested and refused bail, serving 30 days of hard labor on a chain gang.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022
When the chain gang went in to measure it, the ball was short of the first down.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2021
They reminded me fleetingly of prisoners carrying their leg irons as they escaped from a chain gang.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
