shackled
Example Sentences
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The Order: The sesame bagel is lovely on its own—or spackled with a schmear of pastrami lox cream cheese.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
There are scenes of childbirth, as a man and woman look toward a swaddled baby in what appears to be a hospital room where the spackled walls show scars of fighting.
From Washington Times • Jun. 19, 2022
His sauce is more like a vibrant, slightly spicy salsa, and it’s spackled on in dollops atop the cheese, allowing for a fluffier crust.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2020
She painted and spackled her face — “I think I forgot how to put on makeup” — then settled on jeans, heels, a sleeveless shell and a pendant necklace.
From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2020
Big-hoofed gray horses spackled like wolves, that rolled their eyes and whinnied at my footfall, leagued with men as if strapped to their business by harness I could not see.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
