Shackle example sentences

Related (10): chains, handcuffs, restraints, fetters, manacles, ties, bonds, irons, gyves, trammels

"Shackle" Example Sentences


1. The prisoner's wrists were shackled together.
2. The slave's feet were shackled to prevent escape.
3. She broke free from the shackles and fled.
4. Shackles will not restrain my spirit.
5. The convicts walked with their ankles shackled together.
6. Their hands were bound in iron shackles.
7. The shackles chafed his skin.
8. He struggled to break free from the shackles but could not.
9. Anger and hatred shackled her mind for years.
10. Greed shackled him to a life of crime.
11. Poverty shackled them in a life of misfortune.
12. Love shackled her heart and she lost her freedom.
13. Despair shackled him in a cycle of self-destruction.
14. Fear had shackled her for too long; it was time to break free.
15. Tradition shackled their minds and prevented progress.
16. Ignorance shackled the townspeople for decades.
17. Prejudice shackled their minds and they could not see each other's humanity.
18. He threw off the shackles of oppression and repression.
19. She cast off the shackles of self-doubt and limitation.
20. They managed to break the shackles of tyranny and oppression.
21. The shackles of guilt had bound him for years.
22. Breaking the shackles of the past was the first step towards freedom.
23. The shackles had rusted and weakened over time.
24. She struggled against the heavy iron shackles holding her feet.
25. The shackles bit into his flesh, drawing blood.
26. They hammered at the shackles in an attempt to break them.
27. The shackles felt colder at night.
28. Freedom cannot be attained while still in shackles.
29. The clanking of shackles filled the dank prison cell.
30. Shackles will constrain the body but not the mind.
31. He threw off the shackles of conformity and followed his own path.
32. The shackles bound his hands behind his back.
33. Shackles and bars could not contain her spirit.
34. She tore at the shackles in desperation and pain.
35. The weight of the shackles made walking difficult.
36. Rebellion broke the rusted shackles and freed the prisoners.
37. He wore the shackles as a badge of honor.
38. Fear shackled her and held her back from pursuing her dreams.
39. The shackles were cruel reminders of their oppression.
40. Conventional wisdom shackled their imaginations.
41. The shackles created abrasions on her ankles.
42. The shackles chilled her hands and feet.
43. Old habits shackled him and prevented change.
44. She yearned to break free from the shackles of convention.
45. Shackles and chains rattled on the prison floor.
46. He had lived in shackles too long to know freedom.
47. The key that unlocks the shackles offers true freedom.
48. The shackle cuffs dug into his flesh.
49. Shackle marks scarred his wrists.
50. Nothing could restrain her spirit, not even shackles of iron.
51. They broke the chains and threw off their shackles.
52. The shackles slowed their pace but did not stop them.
53. The servant girl's shackled ankles bore her master's mark.
54. She tried to file through the shackles holding her captive.
55. The shackles were thrown into the briny deep never to be used again.
56. Bound in shackles, he awaited his punishment.
57. Shackles serve as a reminder of our vulnerability and limitations.
58. The key opened the shackles and freed the prisoners.
59. She filed through the shackles that bound her mind and spirit.
60. Shackles are merely symbols; true freedom comes from within.

Common Phases


1. In shackles - confined or restricted in an oppressive way
2. Break the shackles - become free from something confining or oppressive
3. Cast off the shackles - throw off or rid oneself of something restrictive
4. Throw off the shackles - become free from something binding or oppressive
5. Shackled by fear/doubt/prejudice - confined or restricted by fear/doubt/prejudice
6. Shackled to the past - confined or restricted by the past
7. Shackled by tradition - confined or restricted by tradition
8. Shackled by poverty/habits/convention - confined or restricted by poverty/habits/convention
9. Shackled mind - a mind that is restricted or closed due to prejudice, ignorance, etc.
10. Escape one's shackles - become free from something oppressive or restrictive

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