Example Sentences
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He was the rubber-limbed, unchained id of “Seinfeld,” the most popular sitcom of its era and a cultural phenomenon cultish in its fervor but too massive to really be considered a cult.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2024
It's everything Logan wanted for ATN, and all we should have expected of an unchained slime puppy who should never caught us off guard.
From Salon • May 20, 2023
He concluded: "Luhrmann has made a woefully imperfect but at times arresting drama that builds to something moving and true. By the end, the film's melody has been unchained."
From BBC • May 26, 2022
She wasn’t a nasty gal to us but a free-spirited soul to set the listener’s mind free, unchained.
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2022
The guard slowly unchained him, removing his handcuffs and the shackles around his ankles, and then locked eyes with me and told me I had one hour.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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