bondage

Example Sentences

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For St. Augustine, desire was the bondage of the divided self, which willed the good but somehow willed more strongly not to do it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“This festival is intended to lift up our ancestors that came to this country in bondage, terrorized, brutalized,” Ludlow said outside City Hall on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

During the same oral argument, you had Neil Gorsuch insisting that the book "Pride Puppy" involved a sex worker who was into bondage.

From Salon • May 16, 2025

"I refuse to be trapped by the bondage that someone attempted to put on me by attacking us as they did last night," he told reporters.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2025

In liberty or bondage, the African could not be separated from the American.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead