bound
Example Sentences
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It’s not necessarily inappropriate — there’s a lot of death in the book, and in a love triangle, someone is bound to lose, at least in the pre-polyamorous 19th century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
"There's so much passion, so much heart and soul and tradition bound up with these jobs."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Even wheelchair bound, he continued to be so sweet and generous with his fans," wrote his Rocky Horror co-star Susan Sarandon, who described Curry as a "funny, sexy, original".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Before the disaster, the crossing was often packed with freight trucks filled with consumer goods and new electric cars bound for Nepal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Residents in the towns of Futaba and Okuma, as well as nearby Namie and Tomioka, clambered onto buses bound for towns farther inland.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Vocabulary lists containing bound
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Two-Faced Words: Contronyms
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