enchain
Example Sentences
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As Johnson wrote, “to enchain syllables, and to lash the wind, are equally the undertakings of pride, unwilling to measure its desires by its strength.”
From Slate • May 31, 2012
At every approach of horseman, cart, or carriage, I turned fearfully, certain I should see some minister of injustice come to enchain us.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Tie your knots, she sang again and again, enchain! — enchain! — enchain me!
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Doth not soon some power transcending War's fierce flames in bounds enchain, What will unconsumed remain?
From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den
Scant teguments the mighty Son enchain, Whom thou thyself not wholly dost contain.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
