feel bound

Example Sentences

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Officials publish forecasts, then feel bound to defend them long after the facts change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

"I'd have written more and changed it faster if I could. I do feel bound to comment on the world though."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

And don’t feel bound by the cheesy chicken standard.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

Many of his peers, he said, don’t feel bound to one employer for life, the way previous generations did.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2022

But in Ferdinand and Ida’s day, blacks did not feel bound to vote along party lines, and did not hesitate to get behind any candidate—Republican or Democrat—who was most likely to support their people.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield