shackled

Example Sentences

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She detailed what it was like to witness her father shackled at the ankles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

On May 10 in a Damascus courtroom, Atef Najib, Assad’s cousin, sat shackled in a metal cage dressed in a drab striped prison uniform.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Here, his mournful ex-convict is finally tasting freedom in a country that wants to keep him metaphorically shackled.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

It passed labor laws that aim to eradicate abuses, and liberalized the visa rules that shackled most foreign residents to their employers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

We embraced — or I should say, I embraced him, as his hands were shackled behind him until such time as the ship made open water.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson