Used in a Sentence

shackled

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for shackled.

Editorial note

Not only are people losing their life savings, but they're immediately shackled to debt they have no means to pay off.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Restrained by shackles, chained.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of shackled gathered in one view.

adjective

Restrained by shackles, chained.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for shackled.

Example sentences

1

Not only are people losing their life savings, but they're immediately shackled to debt they have no means to pay off.

2

It's infuriating to live in a country with such outstanding tech infrastructure to be shackled with these insane policies.

3

Better to default, deal with the temporary pain, and re-emerge vs being shackled to austerity-induced slavery.

4

Others were hosed down repeatedly while they were shackled naked, in the standing sleep deprivation position.

5

It takes some herculean logic twisting to claim that someone who is not shackled is less free than someone who is.

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There are tons of enterprise apps that MS desperately wants to keep shackled to Windows.

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Secondly, this allows the maximum amount of creative ability without being shackled by a backstory that they had no influence on.

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A nation should be free to make its own choices and deal with the consequences, not be shackled to approved political ideologies.

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Just cause you use the framework does not me you are shackled to it.

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Why do you feel social media is any less shackled than mainstream media?

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Therefore code literacy IS important and as a role model to a culture that has been unjustly shackled, what he did is important.

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I guess in short I'm saying it's not fair to over-dramatize the difference and think about shackled slaves vs.

Quote examples

1

An "illusion of freedom" would imply that you think you're free, but in reality you are shackled.

2

At least in my case, I think the future is to use some service built on twitter to find what is being tweeted, without being psychologically shackled by "subscriptions".

3

Ask yourself who is more "free", the chair-throwers on Jerry Springer, or, Scott's Rob Roy who was shackled for refusing to lie about a stranger.

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Sorely shorn, Soon shackled slave, Samson sighed, Silently scheming Sightlessly seeking Some savage, spectacular suicide."...

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use shackled in a sentence?

Not only are people losing their life savings, but they're immediately shackled to debt they have no means to pay off.

What does shackled mean?

Restrained by shackles, chained.

What part of speech is shackled?

shackled is commonly used as adjective.