shackle
Example Sentences
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Walshe didn’t show emotion when the verdict was read aloud or when he was led from the courtroom in shackles.
In October 2024, for the abolition quarter, the panel picked a Douglass image on the obverse, or front, and a reverse design showing a shackled hand and a fist breaking free.
They arrived at Durban's international airport on Tuesday under heavy police guard, with their hands and feet shackled.
From BBC
Clients of Grant, Ronson, Greene & Associates escape their marriage shackles with a hoard of treasure — there’s an entire subplot pinned to bidding on a brooch in a Christie’s auction, in fact.
From Salon
As Parias left the courtroom in shackles his son tearfully shouted out to him in Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
