manacle Sentence Examples

  1. The manacles bit deeply into the prisoner's wrists, causing intense agony.
  2. The medieval dungeon was filled with the sounds of clanking manacles and the groans of the incarcerated.
  3. The torturer fastened the manacles tightly, ensuring that his subject could not escape.
  4. The slave's limbs were bound with manacles, preventing him from fleeing his captors.
  5. The judge ordered the manacles to be removed, signifying the end of the prisoner's punishment.
  6. The tight manacles caused the man's hands to swell and turn red.
  7. The police officers apprehended the suspect and placed him in manacles for questioning.
  8. The gruesome sight of the manacles dangling from the executioner's belt sent shivers down her spine.
  9. The blacksmith hammered out the manacles with skill and precision.
  10. The captain ordered the mutinous crewman to be seized and manacled in the brig.

manacle Meaning

Wordnet

manacle (n)

shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

Wordnet

manacle (v)

confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

Webster

manacle (n.)

A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.

Webster

manacle (v. t.)

To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers.

FAQs About the word manacle

shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs, confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffsA

handcuff(s), bind,chain, constraint, irons, bond, restriction, shackle, bracelet,confinement

catalyst,stimulus, stimulus, break, advantage, edge, impetus, assistance, impetus, spur

The manacles bit deeply into the prisoner's wrists, causing intense agony.

The medieval dungeon was filled with the sounds of clanking manacles and the groans of the incarcerated.

The torturer fastened the manacles tightly, ensuring that his subject could not escape.

The slave's limbs were bound with manacles, preventing him from fleeing his captors.