was straitjacketing

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of straitjacket.
  straitjacket

  noun

  a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.

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