thraldom

Example Sentences

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You'll be irritated not enraged, and will find its thraldom easy to resist.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2011

Jules showed no signs of returning to the thraldom of Lottie King.

From Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel by Barry, John David

People who have first set foot upon its shores with comparative indifference find themselves returning again and yet again; with each visit becoming more under the thraldom of its charm.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart

So vivid did he make it all that the court was held in a thraldom.

From The Homesteader A Novel by Micheaux, Oscar

To possess the person of the Emperor was doubtless pleasing to the possessor--a trump card--but those who did not possess him felt his thraldom bitterly.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis