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straitjacket
noun as in restraint
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Example Sentences
Wilson said the album would be a “teenage symphony to God,” a piece of music so audacious it would unlock the straitjacket he felt was keeping pop music bland and predictable.
The text becomes a straitjacket for a princely son who doesn’t seem accustomed to Shakespearean rigors.
"When Man City were on top of the game they had a style of play and a freedom. Everybody has a role to play, but Guardiola will not put anyone in a straitjacket."
These included freeing himself from chains, ropes, and straitjackets under water.
“They took her away in a straitjacket, man,” he said in a 2009 interview with The Times.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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