Example Sentences

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"And I said if I have to have another conversation about why we need to make the door handles more accessible I will chain myself to them - rather irreverently I might say."

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

"I will chain myself to that statue," said freshman Lauren Shevcheck, 18, of Holland, Pa., who was wearing a Paterno-themed shirt Thursday that read, "We are ... because you were."

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2012

I have duties which will chain me there for life.

From In a Mysterious Way by Warner, Anne

The people will drive him back," replied the Vizier, "and we will chain him up securely.

From The Heart of Denise and Other Tales by Levett-Yeats, S. (Sidney)

Apathy to occultism 570:1 The march of mind and of honest investigation will         bring the hour when the people will chain, with fetters of 570:3 some sort, the growing occultism of this period.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker