disenthrall
Example Sentences
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“In the spirit of Lincoln, the facts are new, and we’ve got to think anew and act anew. We’ve got to disenthrall ourselves,” Newsom said.
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025
As Emily Dickinson expressed it: “Within its reach, though yet ungrasped / Desire’s perfect Goal – / No nearer – lest the Actual – / should disenthrall my soul – ”
From The Guardian • May 22, 2020
She quotes Lincoln: “We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save the country.”
From The Guardian • Dec. 22, 2019
At Woodstock on the Mall, actor Edward James Olmos quoted Lincoln: "We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."
From Time Magazine Archive
Within its hope, though yet ungrasped Desire's perfect goal, No nearer, lest reality Should disenthrall thy soul.
From Poems by Emily Dickinson, Third Series by Todd, Mabel Loomis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
