Sentences

strait-jacket in a sentence

n.

📚 Grade Level: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12

Definition

Strait-jacket: a restrictive condition or situation that limits freedom of expression or creativity.

Sample Sentences

  1. The artist felt trapped in a creative strait-jacket, unable to express her true vision.
  2. He likened the new corporate policies to a strait-jacket, stifling innovation and growth.
  3. During the therapy session, she described her anxiety as a mental strait-jacket that restrained her from living freely.
  4. The strict regulations acted like a strait-jacket on the young entrepreneur's ambitions.
  5. In the movie, the character struggles against the metaphorical strait-jacket of societal expectations and norms.