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