bind oneself
Example Sentences
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But it is not policy to bind oneself too closely to detail.
From Idle Ideas in 1905 by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
Now it does not seem unlawful to bind oneself to an obligation of the natural law.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
It would be no use to bind oneself to do a variety of things which may not be required.
From The Geneva Protocol by David Hunter Miller
Wherefore if in taking a vow, it is one's intention and will to bind oneself to fulfil it at once, one is bound to fulfil it immediately.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
As she expressed it, it was one thing to obey God, but quite another thing to bind oneself to obey a man for a lifetime.
From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh
