How to Use bound and gagged in a Sentence

bound and gagged

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• One that’s been kidnapped, bound and gagged by an unruly gang of roasted garlic cloves.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Mar. 2021
• Knowles took me into the bedroom, where Beverly was bound and gagged.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
• The Hessians produce William, bound and gagged, then the whole thing falls apart rather quickly.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025
• The homes had been burglarized and the women had been raped at knifepoint and beaten; some were also bound and gagged.
  — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
• Another color drawing depicts a female victim bound and gagged in a red top.
  — Jean Casarez, CNN, 4 Sep. 2023
• Another color drawing depicts a female victim bound and gagged in a red top.
  — Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 2 Sep. 2023
• The two men had been bound and gagged with tape before being placed in the bed of a pickup truck, according to arrest warrants.
  — Alexis Stevens, ajc, 23 July 2021
• The unidentified female was bound and gagged and lying next to an unidentified young boy who appeared to be in a similar state.
  — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
• The third mainline Avengers film opened with Thanos strangling Loki to death while Thor, bound and gagged, watched in horror.
  — Alex Kane, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2021
• Police discovered a teenager bound and gagged in a Thornton yard in June 2023.
  — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
• Two of the three victims found dead at a Georgia country club were bound and gagged with tape, according to new details released Friday.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 9 July 2021
• That is, until Darby, taking a break outside, spots a small girl (Mila Harris) bound and gagged in the back of a van in the parking lot.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2022
• The two men in the truck bed were bound and gagged, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
  — Henri Hollis, ajc, 10 July 2021
• Later that day, Joughin’s body was discovered tied up, bound and gagged in a shallow grave in another cornfield 2 miles from Worley’s home.
  — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2023
• Case in point is the Lego brutalist concrete prison June pulls up to, bound and gagged in artisanal leather, Hannibal Lecter–style.
  — Hillary Kelly, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
• The two guards on the morning shift are unable to gain entry to the Gardner as Abath and the second night watchmen remain bound and gagged in the museum’s basement.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
• After Seale’s protests about the process, Hoffman orders the sole Black defendant to be bound and gagged, in an American courtroom.
  — oregonlive, 14 Oct. 2020
• The complaint alleges the pair then bound and gagged the boy, put his body into garbage bags, and repeatedly beat Prince by taking turns striking him with a golf club and at one point even using a barbell and concrete pedestal.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
• In the second 2009 incident, Muller bound and gagged a woman at a Palo Alto home and forced her to drink Nyquil, the news release said.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 8 Jan. 2025
• Detectives also pointed to statements from Woodruff’s wife, who said the two men bound and gagged Hemmann in broad daylight as joggers and motorists obliviously passed by, according to court records.
  — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
• Despite Young An being bound and gagged, unable to articulate words, the dispatcher realized something was obviously wrong and sent officers to the home.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2022
• The Turf Club Motor Inn was the scene of at least one other grisly murder — a woman found dead in November, 1987 bound and gagged with nylon stockings, her face beaten.
  — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
• Dolenz asks his horse), commandeering the airwaves at KRUX, where DJ Bob Shannon has been bound and gagged, goofing off at Christown Mall and riding dirt bikes.
  — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 16 Feb. 2025
• Fatima Johnson, 53, was discovered dead by family members in her apartment Saturday night Los Angeles police are investigating the murder of a mother of six who was found bound and gagged in her home over the weekend.
  — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021