Example Sentences

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Enchained by old memories, I could not help falling into a very sad frame of mind.

From The Visionary Pictures From Nordland by Muir, Jessie

From the sacred dome Allured—betrayed—for sure some hell-born magic Enchained my frenzied sense—I fled with him, The invader of religion's dread abodes!

From The Bride of Messina, and On the Use of the Chorus in Tragedy by Schiller, Friedrich

The billows thus unstemmed, 'twas Caesar's will To hew the stately forests and with trees Enchained to form a rampart.

From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan

Enchained no more My soul shall sail the silent unknown sea Until it touch the unforbidden shore Where Love awaiteth me.

From The Path of Dreams Poems by Giltner, Leigh Gordon

"This corner must be the rendezvous for the slaves of the little god," said Maurice, bowing to the statuette of Love Enchained.

From The Idol of Paris by Bernhardt, Sarah