Definition of Fetter

something that confines

Examples of Fetter in a sentence

Even though I am married, I do not see the commitment as a fetter that interferes with my identity.  🔊

The budget crisis is a fetter to the city’s plan for repairing the highways.  🔊

Whenever the man took his dog outside, he would place a fetter around the animal’s neck and tie it to a tree.  🔊

The metal fetter prevented the slave from moving quickly.  🔊

Unless the magician can remove the fetter from his ankles, he will be trapped in the box forever.  🔊

Your fear is the fetter preventing you from going after your dream.  🔊

When Matthew woke up and found himself in the uncomfortable position of being chained to his bed by a fetter of metal, he started to scream.  🔊

Having to get this document approved by five different people is a fetter that is taking a great deal of my time!  🔊

At night, the stepmother would restrain her stepchildren with a fetter so they would not run away from her.  🔊

To prevent a mutiny, the soldiers had no choice other than to fetter their enemies to trees.  🔊

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