bounden
Example Sentences
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“There is a bounden duty on the government to provide basic amenities to the citizens of the country.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
Egil said: ”Tis but my bounden duty, lady, for the sake of Arinbjorn thy kinsman that I go, if Fridgeir thinks this any help to him.’
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
These pages feature a number of unusual words and phrases – "exposed", "leauened", "imitator", "ouerseen", "most bounden" – most of which are unfamiliar to Jonson or his contemporaries, but which are familiar to Florio.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2013
If you tell them that something's their bounden duty, they're liable to get sore at you .
From Time Magazine Archive
It would be his bounden duty to turn Hannah over to the law.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
