Sentence examples for in handcuffed from inspiring English sources

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Nearly a dozen officers burst in, handcuffed her, Sergio and her daughter, Maria, 16, she said.

They brought Behnoud in, handcuffed and shackled.

On one occasion, he told Channel 4 News, "the guards came in, handcuffed me, blindfolded me, put a pistol to my head and pulled the trigger and fired off another one behind my back.

Otherwise, New York's teams are hemmed in, handcuffed by their own wild spending and by a new collective bargaining agreement that specifically set out to punish the spendthrifts and stop them from hoarding talent.

Our own correspondent in Baghdad, Rory Carroll, experienced a taste of that terror this week when he was snatched off the streets at gunpoint and kept in handcuffed captivity for some 36 hours after travelling a short distance from the centre of the city to watch the televised trial of Saddam Hussein with a Shia victim of the former president's regime.

According to New York Times columnist Damien Cave, this has resulted in "handcuffed capitalism: highly regulated competitive markets for low-skilled, small family businesses".

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He threw me in handcuffs.

Mr. Sinyakov appeared in court in handcuffs.

A fisherman was led away in handcuffs.

Around her were prisoners in handcuffs.

Two dead miners were photographed in handcuffs.

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