bind oneself
Example Sentences
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To bind oneself to live with a man when perhaps we have ceased to care for him; it’s hideous.”
From All Roads Lead to Calvary by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
It would be no use to bind oneself to do a variety of things which may not be required.
From The Geneva Protocol by Miller, David Hunter
Wherefore if in taking a vow, it is one's intention and will to bind oneself to fulfil it at once, one is bound to fulfil it immediately.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Its root is that of the verb "rotisya," to bind oneself by an oath; and it is generally admitted to be only another form of "rota," which now signifies a "regimental company."
From The Prince by Machiavelli, Niccolò
"But to promise to abjure under condition of being set free, is to bind oneself to abjure," answered Joan, disconcerted by the canon's sophism.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne
