straitjacket

Example Sentences

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Locking money into a restricted account felt like voluntarily returning to the kind of financial straitjacket they just escaped, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The first three weeks saw an 8-year-old aerialist, a 74-year-old comedian, a laser-performing duo from Vietnam and a Las Vegas magician who hung from the ceiling in a straitjacket.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

It makes the whole project less overwhelming — more a compass than a straitjacket.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

In dressing rooms, a size-XS shirt would go over my head instead of entrapping me like a straitjacket.

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2024

Perhaps the place freed him from a straitjacket of grief.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand