shackle

Example Sentences

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I heard you were calm and even smiled when it was announced—an act of defiance to tell them they might have your body but will never shackle your spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

A broken chain and shackle represents freedom from slavery.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2024

"The government continues to shackle the companies and will not allow them to put forward a package that can settle this dispute," he added.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2023

Tinubu is rarely seen without his signature hat and its embroidered image of a broken shackle, emblematic he says of the fractured nation he will break free of poverty.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2023

The cap’n got the shackle on his ankle.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis