Sentence examples for a straitjacket and a from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a straitjacket and a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing constraints, limitations, or situations that feel restrictive, often metaphorically.
Example: "The new policies felt like a straitjacket and a barrier to creativity in the workplace."
Alternatives: "a constraint and a" or "a limitation and a".

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In his cookbook "Appetite" he compares them to a straitjacket and a pair of too-tight cycling shorts.

Each vehicle was equipped with a stretcher, splints, bandages, tourniquets, handcuffs, a straitjacket and a quart of brandy.

A straitjacket and a spilled bag of handcuffs fill another display, with a notation from the night watch book recorded at 2 a.m. on Feb. 25, 1913.

It also offers a £20.99 Maximum Restraint Halloween Costume, consisting of a straitjacket and a mask like that worn by Anthony Hopkins when he played the cannibal Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs.

It also offers a £20.99 Maximum Restraint Halloween Costume, consisting of a straitjacket and a mask like that worn by Anthony Hopkins when he played the cannibal killer Hannibal Lecter in Silence Of The Lambs.

A fierce master of ceremonies, he introduces a wild-faced and astoundingly flexible contortionist (Isabelle Chassé) wrapped in a straitjacket, and a flight attendant (Shana Carroll) on a trapeze.

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The Escape Artist was bound in a straitjacket and locked in a safe.

I'm handcuffed, and in a straitjacket, and locked in a steamer trunk that was frozen in a block of ice and thrown into the East River.

* He was handcuffed, put in a straitjacket, and locked in a steamer trunk that was then frozen in a block of ice and thrown into the East River.

He was handcuffed, put in a straitjacket, and locked in a steamer trunk that was then frozen in a block of ice and thrown into the East River.

In Birmingham, Mr. Saab began studying acts like escaping a straitjacket and lying on a bed of nails (jumping onto the bed is not wise).

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