straightjacket
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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‘A toll structure effectively puts a straightjacket on flows.’
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
"You ought to award the guy a green straightjacket," says Senior Architecture Editor Ron Whitten.
From Golf Digest • Oct. 15, 2018
An opposition liberated from the stylistic straightjacket of recent torpid years, and a Twickenham crowd silenced by unexpected uncertainty and fear.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2017
The haikuscenti have been fighting to free the form from that syllabular straightjacket.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2016
I realize I’m done, so I close my mouth and stand there waiting for the paramedics, or whoever comes with the straightjacket.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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