bind oneself
Example Sentences
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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 K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
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
“I—I mean it is wrong to bind oneself by a promise one may not be able to keep,” Miss Bibby added hastily.
From In the Mist of the Mountains by J. Macfarlane
But it is not policy to bind oneself too closely to detail.
From Idle Ideas in 1905 by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
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 August Strindberg
