disenthral

Example Sentences

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Or what good end of these?" she said;    "Is there no God or end at all, Nor reason with unreason weighed,    Nor force to disenthral       Weak feet that fall?

From Songs Before Sunrise by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

We must disenthral ourselves, and then we shall save our country.

From Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections) by Lincoln, Abraham

She almost thought that she would waltz at Mrs. Jones's ball; perhaps not with Captain De Baron; perhaps not with much energy or with full enjoyment; but still sufficiently to disenthral herself.

From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony

Consider, too, how a holiday of action would disenthral the writer from the pettiness of cliques and coteries, with their pedantic atmosphere and false perspectives.

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel

Thee, gentle lady, did he disenthral: Ye shall for ever live and love, for all Thy tears are flowing.–

From Endymion A Poetic Romance by Keats, John