unshackled

Example Sentences

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I had imagined that retirement would offer a life unshackled at last, a blissful new chapter in which workplace anxiety no longer sullied my contentment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

In his first court appearance since being arrested in Mexico last week, Wedding appeared relaxed, smiling with his attorney and occasionally at the media and FBI agents as he stretched his unshackled arms.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

“Scientific ingenuity, unshackled by overly burdensome regulations, provides solutions like carbon capture and storage technology that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024

Guards let the man, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, meet his lawyers more than 150 times while he was unshackled from 2019 until late last year, said Lt.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024

I felt lighter, unshackled, as if something I had been carrying had fallen away.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli