bind oneself
Example Sentences
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One doesn't bind oneself for life after having spent one evening together; it doesn't follow that he who has enjoyed the rapture, must also undergo the pain.
From The Red Room by Strindberg, August
To hold material things either in community or severalty was in either case to bind oneself to the evil principle.
From Mediaeval Socialism by Jarrett, Bede
To bind oneself to live with a man when perhaps we have ceased to care for him; it’s hideous.”
From All Roads Lead to Calvary by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
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 Walsh, James J.
One thing would be terrible," said he: "to bind oneself forever to a suffering man.
From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
