feel bound

Example Sentences

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"I'd have written more and changed it faster if I could. I do feel bound to comment on the world though."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

And don’t feel bound by the cheesy chicken standard.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

Many of his peers, he said, don’t feel bound to one employer for life, the way previous generations did.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2022

Williams, the primary programmer of National Gallery Nights, doesn’t feel bound by the newest exhibits when she’s planning the next happening.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2022

“Wouldn’t Carl Heine feel bound to help him? As you said earlier—men help their enemies? Wouldn’t Carl Heine have helped?”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson