shackle
noun
a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
was shackling
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past progressiveof shackle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I looked at the door where the sheriff was shackling her husband.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Oh, I wanted these things, and yet because others had molded me, and because of my misguided Standish sense of pride and honor, I was shackling myself to John Graham.
From The Alaskan by James Oliver Curwood
The cart was the only vehicle remaining which had two sound wheels, and even one of these "wabbled" a good deal, and the cart was "shackling."
From "Run To Seed" 1891 by Thomas Nelson Page
