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
But as busy as UW’s defense makes the chain gang, it doesn’t overwork the scoreboard operator.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
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
They reminded me fleetingly of prisoners carrying their leg irons as they escaped from a chain gang.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
