Example Sentences

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And that code binds tightest on the men with the most to acknowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

It is, as yet, a dud — a $2,000 slot machine that pays out a Community Note dressed as a verdict, in a process that compels nothing and binds no one.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

"Their relationship is really hanging on by a thread and actually it's their mutual disdain of this Gen Z couple, and all the things about them that are annoying, that binds us."

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

It is, Mr. Rubio has said, the “sacred inheritance” that binds the Old World and the New.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The strong force binds atoms together; it’s what allows protons to bed down together in the nucleus.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson