bind oneself
Example Sentences
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It is so provincial to bind oneself to views which are no longer binding a couple of hundred miles away.
From Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
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)
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
"But to promise to abjure under condition of being set free, is to bind oneself to abjure," answered Joan, disconcerted by the canon's sophism.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne
