bind
Example Sentences
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The situation puts central banks in a bind on inflation and interest rates.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
It promises to help boost the body’s production of follistatin, a protein that controls what other proteins can bind to our cells.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
For instance, one of the Bible’s best-known passages has God test Abraham by demanding he bind and sacrifice Isaac.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
“They’re just caught in this structural bind that weaker parties always have in an alliance with a stronger party,” said Gregory Gause, an analyst of U.S.-Gulf ties at the Middle East Institute in Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Then the young man smiled and said, “Did you bind up my wounds in order to kill me, Stokven?”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
