manacle
noun
a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
manacles
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present tense formof manacle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“He said he’d go to his grave with the manacles of Iraq,” said retired Col.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Winters, we can look across the vast eastward miles, and regard with pity the icebound, housebound millions in the manacles of winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
In so doing, he has posed the question of what mind-forg'd manacles keep three, British-born, young men enslaved to a pair of unscrupulous builders.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2020
The genie is literally the slave of the lamp, his power bracelets actually manacles keeping him obedient to an endless round of masters.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2019
One row was devoted to children’s chains and the tiny manacles and links connecting them.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
