Examples of chain gang in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Rembert was born in Georgia, worked in cotton fields as a child, spent time in jail — including for civil-rights protests against Jim Crow segregation laws — served on a chain gang and survived a lynching attempt. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2022 Last season, the romantic tension between her character and surly local cop Jim Hopper (David Harbour) came to a head, but this season finds him in a frigid Russian prison, serving on a chain gang. — Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com, 12 Apr. 2022 After being convicted for trespassing, nine of the men chose 30 days of hard labor on a chain gang instead of paying the $100 bail bond. — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2021 All day with the chain gang for 30 days, feed and clothe us and everything. — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2021 There were probably more good guys on the chain gang than bad. — Winfred Rembert, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021 The white boys really turned the prison camp into a chain gang. — Winfred Rembert, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021 Two men of different races, who hate each other, escape from a chain gang shackled together. — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021 Unable to pay the fine, and with no support from those who benefitted from her bold advocacy, she was sentenced to a men’s chain gang. — Ashlee Marie Preston, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Mar. 2021 See More

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