enchain

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

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

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

Pleasure they regarded as an evil, having a tendency to enchain man to earthly enjoyments, a peculiarly Buddhist tenet.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman

Each French soldier before the enemy repeats the words of Joan of Arc, "You can enchain me, but you cannot enchain the fortunes of France."

From Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 2 The Second Twelve Months of War by Louis Raemaekers

Disordered, farouche as is his style its spiritual note enchains me.

From Melomaniacs by James Huneker

The willing listen to him from delight, the unwilling and opposite minded because he enchains them.

From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Lewis Wallace

They have indulged in a Platonic romance since their childhood; but I will give you the means of breaking the charm which enchains my daughter's spirit.

From The Jew by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski

Homer, too, especially in his Odyssey, charms and enchains us with his beautiful descriptions of family felicity and family purity.

From Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters by George Fitzhugh

At the same time that it unchains princes and breaks for them the ties of the social pact, it enchains the minds and the hands of their oppressed subjects.

From Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense by Anna Knoop

When we first encounter the character, enchained in the dungeon at the opening of Act II, Florestan rises from exhaustion and cries out, “Gott! welch’ Dunkel hier!”

From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2017

“With regard to black people, I think they are tired of seeing themselves enchained and downtrodden.”

From New York Times ● May 18, 2016

If my imagination weren't enchained by so much witless tradition and conformity, I might tag this segment to some more majestic and impromptu pattern of my own devising, one that reaches clear across the ecliptic.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2012

In The Golden Bough, Sir James Frazer describes how a tribesman chosen to be king must be enchained and thrashed before his coronation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eisman was enchained, however, by FrontPoint Partners and, by extension, Morgan Stanley.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

There was comfort in this—and Martley itself, house, gardens, woodlands, the lake, the vistas of the purple wolds of forest country, all contributed to her enchaining.

From Love and Lucy by Maurice Henry Hewlett

Princes seven, enchaining hands,   Bear the live Head homeward.

From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various

"Mr. Chillingworth had something to relate to him or to propose, of a nature which, perchance, has had the effect of enchaining all his attention—he called him from the room."

From Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood by Thomas Preskett Prest

Notwithstanding, the bright little town ends by enchaining us completely.

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix

He can as truly deliver the body from the most persistent and enchaining habit, as he can wholly convert the mind and heart.

From The Wonders of Prayer A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to Prayer by D. W. (Daniel Webster) Whittle