Example Sentences

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Timber is relishing the challenge of shackling Kane on the former Tottenham star's return to north London.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

Really, Song wants to know whether a sensible girl can justify shackling herself to a broke creative.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

According to the records, Thompson fought back, and additional officers flooded the area, handcuffing and shackling him.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2023

Gorsuch noted that the court had found Davenport’s shackling “harmless for two reasons,” because of the overwhelming evidence against him and because jurors said it did not affect their verdict.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2022

I looked at the door where the sheriff was shackling her husband.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis