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

He was seen as a deft negotiator of the centre ground, triangulating his way out of the straitjacket of traditional left-right politics.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

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

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

“They took her away in a straitjacket, man,” he said in a 2009 interview with The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2024

And if you think having Problems in American Democracy is a fun way to end the day, you need a snug-fitting straitjacket.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel