enchain
Example Sentences
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As Johnson wrote, “to enchain syllables, and to lash the wind, are equally the undertakings of pride, unwilling to measure its desires by its strength.”
From Slate • May 31, 2012
Tie your knots, she sang again and again, enchain! — enchain! — enchain me!
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
At every approach of horseman, cart, or carriage, I turned fearfully, certain I should see some minister of injustice come to enchain us.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Doth not soon some power transcending War's fierce flames in bounds enchain, What will unconsumed remain?
From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den
Mrs. Dormer-Smith's interest in the deceased Martin Bransby was too slight to enchain her attention.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
