set bounds to
Example Sentences
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Any institution or organization, any cult or system which tries to bind the restless spirit of man, to set bounds to his curious searchings, to deny the report of his reason, cannot last.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had tried to codify the evil uses of might by individuals, so that he might set bounds to them by the impersonal justice of the state.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Her husband returned, and it now became necessary to set bounds to her own insolence, and, what was far more difficult, to that of Isabel.
From The Lamplighter by Cummins, Maria S.
How can such a numbskull dare"—these were your very words—"to set bounds to your genius?
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
But Pooh-Bah declares "I must set bounds to my insatiable ambition."
From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Lytton, Henry A.
