Example Sentences
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Shackled and wearing an orange jail uniform, van der Sloot told the crowded courtroom he hopes his statement provides some closure.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2023
Shackled to strangers he cannot understand, he is deprived of the solace of shared language, heritage and community.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2022
Shackled in oversized green jail scrubs, I listened to a prosecutor in a Fairfax County, Va., courtroom tell a judge that in one night I’d single-handedly changed suburban shopping forever.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2020
Shackled at his wrists and ankles and wearing an orange sweatshirt over a prison jumpsuit, Wasendorf looked gaunt in court after spending six months in isolation in a county jail.
From Reuters • Feb. 1, 2013
Shackled to her, also with a pail, is the helpless Araminta.
From A Spinner in the Sun by Reed, Myrtle
