unshackling

Example Sentences

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At first Max did pretty well in unshackling himself from the scandalous name.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2020

Brands offers a detailed, almost minute-by-minute account of Brown’s raid, which he rates a “wretched fiasco,” a “quixotic venture” that, far from unshackling the enslaved, tightened their shackles even further.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2020

It was a new kind of freedom, the unshackling of his mind.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2019

Alexa then tells users that one of the bots will take over, unshackling the voice aide’s normal constraints.

From Reuters • Dec. 21, 2018

Its unshackling effect on my sensory bonds will free me for higher spheres.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa