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

We all know what it’s like to feel that straitjacket of opinions about what’s gonna make a hit record.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

I’m imagining Dr. Katz calling an ambulance to come get me, teen-sized straitjacket and the works, when my mother comes back out.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon