shackle - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • attach: Around the middle of each sow was a broad collar with an attached shackle, securing her to the ground.
  • remove: These two freedoms single-handedly removed the shackles from international trade.
  • break: Only when you break the shackles of illusion can you experience the reality.
  • have: Indeed the solo efforts that followed seemed to convey a joy at having the collective shackle removed.

Adjective modifier

  • snap: Rig uses single 8mm sheets with plastic snap shackles.

Modifies a noun

  • padlock: Lock them away by using a good quality close shackle padlock.
  • pin: New brake linings and shackle pins are also awaited.
  • lock: Many cheap shackle locks can be broken with one blow of a brick or hammer.

Modifying Another Word

  • still: Days pass, and after several failed attempts, he succeeds in freeing himself and heads for safety, shackles still attached.
  • not: Additionally, they would not shackle a Roman citizen.

Preposition: of

  • religion: Throwing off the shackles of religion hadn't removed the crippling chains of shyness.
  • debt: The extra few pounds is certainly worth it to remove the shackles of debt five years earlier.
  • work: It is a time when people can usually put aside the shackles of work and family commitments and seize opportunities that time previously prohibited.

Noun used with modifier

  • screw: Screw pin shackles are used mainly for non permanent applications.
  • pin: Screw pin shackles are used mainly for non permanent applications.
  • steel: The original uphaul downhaul tackle The large steel shackle attached to the arm of the centreplate has become very rusty.
  • safety: Now I have to go back up the pole to undo a safety shackle!
  • bow: The big eye acts as a Kelly's eye and traps the bow shackle when the dan wire is fully paid out.

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