His wrists had horrible big manacles round them and I think they must have hurt because his skin looked raw and was bleeding. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Verb (used with object) : He was manacled by his inhibitions. From Dictionary.com.
Blood was seeping slowly from beneath his manacle. From Wordnik.com. [City of Ashes] Reference
"Take him away, manacle him, and guard him closely.". From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
To one side, a manacle still gripped a hand and arm. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Magic]
The hand cuff, the manacle, the blood-stained cowhide!. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
No chain held him, no manacle bound him to this floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic of Krynn]
The chain ended in a manacle that circled his left wrist. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
His ankle was red and raw where the iron manacle held it. From Wordnik.com. [Masked] Reference
Bearing up toward that sea-made manacle of fallen majesty. From Wordnik.com. [The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier] Reference
"I was merely describing the capabilities of the manacle.". From Wordnik.com. [The Players] Reference
The balding man's hand encircled Min's arm like a manacle. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
I felt the manacle around my wrist also lose its solidity. From Wordnik.com. [Duma Key]
He took another step forward, his manacle jingling drearily. From Wordnik.com. [City of Ashes] Reference
He fastened us manacle to manacle by a heavy length of chain. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
I got these manacle scars when I was a boy over in Mississippi. From Wordnik.com. [TWO FOR TEXAS] Reference
The guard on the fight pulled the manacle down, toward my elbow. From Wordnik.com. [Enjoyment] Reference
She nodded assent, and he released his manacle-grip on her wrist. From Wordnik.com. [Children Of The Night]
She made herself stop straining at the manacle that was his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Sharp Edges] Reference
And, remember, if it becomes necessary, I can activate the manacle. From Wordnik.com. [The Players] Reference
There was a red abrasion on his wrist where the manacle had chafed. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
Then the manacle clamped on my wrist with a flat hard clacking sound. From Wordnik.com. [Duma Key]
On each wrist was a silver manacle and a short length of broken chain. From Wordnik.com. [The Convict and Other Stories] Reference
He jerked hard against the manacle, hoping the pain would clear his head. From Wordnik.com. [City of Ashes] Reference
It guarantees you the uninterrupted documentation of the complete polar manacle. From Wordnik.com. [Skip this] Reference
It's a type ninety-two gravitic manacle, and is designed to hold any known being. From Wordnik.com. [The Players] Reference
It has been a manacle around the ankle of women's reproductive rights ever since. From Wordnik.com. [Pro Choice: A Misguided Moniker from the Get Go] Reference
These ludicrous conceptualizations effectively manacle their very minds and souls. From Wordnik.com. [Milton Lost: Can We Regain Paradise?] Reference
The two halves of each manacle fit snug, so they wouldn't shift and pinch the skin. From Wordnik.com. [Prentice Alvin]
Only then did Hezekiah notice the manacle lying warped and deformed in Alvin's lap. From Wordnik.com. [Heartfire]
No one did, but when I looked at the manacle I understood as Apheta had said I would. From Wordnik.com. [The Urth of the New Sun]
As if to demonstrate it, he peeled the manacle from his right hand like it was made of clay. From Wordnik.com. [Heartfire]
Grains of sand were starting to fall away from the wall bolts of Sam's right-hand manacle. From Wordnik.com. [Villains by Necessity]
How can ads experiment with ideas for their own sake when fettered by this capitalist manacle?. From Wordnik.com. [Back by Popular Demand: Is Advertising Art, by Nigel Beale.] Reference
Then he commanded to cast her into prison and manacle and fetter her; and they did as he bade. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
I think half of them Frenchies Bowie brung with him to Bexar had manacle scars on their ankles. From Wordnik.com. [TWO FOR TEXAS] Reference
This became the genesis of the famous African foreign debt which has become a manacle on Africa. From Wordnik.com. [IMF: INCREASING SDR CAN BENEFIT AFRICA] Reference
Instead of exultation, the word "marry" seemed like a manacle, dragging him to some unknown doom. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
Recovering, Randall walked into the room and reached down to prod the manacle around Jamie's ankle. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
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