straitjacket
Example Sentences
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“He was tortured, essentially,” said Roberts, rattling off the treatments, which included leeches, bloodletting, blistering the skin and tying him up in a straitjacket for days on end.
From Los Angeles Times
Some Republicans are trying to straitjacket those seeking to hold Trump accountable when they argue that prosecutors are somehow breaking convention when they charge that Trump has broken the law.
From Seattle Times
It cemented his reputation as a magician who can escape any political straitjacket.
From New York Times
Her 17-inch-wide seat made her feel like she was in a straitjacket, says Styles, a retired technical editor from Charlottesville, Virginia.
From Seattle Times
During the Victorian age, language was forced into a straitjacket of right or wrong on both sides of the Atlantic.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
