[ US /ˈfɛtɝ/ ]
[ UK /fˈɛtɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a shackle for the ankles or feet
VERB
  1. restrain with fetters
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How To Use fetter In A Sentence

  • In writing poetry, one is unfettered by the normal rules of sentence structure.
  • Rather, he is to function as an imperial proconsul, wielding unfettered power over a militarily occupied country.
  • The principle thus given is of great importance and ought not, in my opinion, to be unduly fettered or restricted.
  • Those blend at the chip with unfettered laser light to create a hologram of the tumor interior.
  • His diplomatic role ensured unfettered access to leading players. The Sun
  • During the seven weeks he served at the fort, Fetterman grew increasingly insubordinate and desperate to prove his superiority in battle.
  • For one individual to have so much unfettered power goes against all sense of natural Justice. Times, Sunday Times
  • But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
  • Radio, TV and newspapers remain uncensored, unfettered and unthreatened by the government. Easter Lemming Liberal News
  • Wilberforce was quite prepared to allow science unfettered freedom to research, and to accepts its findings, just because he did not think that science was the sole truth; if facts emerged which proved that men were descended from some primordial fungus, he could agree, but go on to enter a further ` but ', and adduce further considerations that marked humanity off from the rest of creation. May 7th, 2009
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