Shackles

Definition

shackle /'ʃækl/ n ၁။ [C usu pl ] လက္ထိတ္။ သံေျခခ်င္း။ ၂။ shackles [pl] the ~ s of sth အခ်ဳပ္အေႏွာင္။ the shackles of convention. v ၁။ လက္ထိတ္ခတ္သည္။ ထိပ္တံုးခတ္သည္။ ၂။ (esp passive) ေရငံုႏႈတ္ပိတ္ေနရသည္။ be shackled by stupid and restricting laws.

Examples

1. ‘The article reported that the girl was detained in handcuffs and shackles.’
2. ‘She could tell he was chained to a wall with iron shackles on each wrist and she assumed on his ankles too.’
3. ‘Your client is not in shackles in the prison itself
4. only when being transported to and from…’
5. ‘She and I would never be broken apart again
6. and we would never have to feel the lash of a whip
7. hear someone call us ugly names
8. feel the cold cruelty of shackles and chains about our wrists and ankles.’
9. ‘As Jordan walked through the school gates it was as if iron shackles fell over his wrists and weighed him down.’
10. ‘When Francis came to
11. he found himself in a cavernous room
12. suspended a metre or more above the ground
13. by sturdy shackles on his wrists and ankles.’
14. ‘She ran forward and quickly undid the shackles on his wrists and ankles.’
15. ‘She found herself in a dark cold cell with chains around her wrists and shackles around her ankles.’
16. ‘The men roughly pulled Prudence and the others from the wagon and put cast iron shackles around their wrists
17. attaching them to the cart so they wouldn't get away.’
18. ‘He tugged on the chain connecting my shackles together’
19. ‘She saw Avery in the prison yard hanging from the shackles on his wrists.’
20. ‘As she moved her hand to massage her temples
21. she felt the weight of heavy chains and shackles around her wrists.’
22. ‘The shackles on his ankles and the handcuffs on his wrist made him ache.’
23. ‘I noticed that she had cuffs around her wrists and ankles
24. like shackles without the chains.’
25. ‘‘I'm sorry
26. ’ he said
27. and he took a pair of shackles and locked them around her wrists
28. chaining her to the wall.’
29. ‘He also wore shackles on his wrists and ankles as well as a metal collar around his neck to prevent his escape.’
30. ‘If the pain from the raw electricity didn't kill the prisoner
31. the shackles would.’
32. ‘The boy was wearing a blue and black prisoner uniform with broken shackles on his wrists and feet.’
33. ‘Finally
34. he reached into his knapsack
35. removing a pair of handcuffs and leg shackles to restrain Nathan.’
36. ‘They caught up surprisingly fast and one tackled me to the ground while the other placed shackles on my ankles and wrists.’