thraldom

Example Sentences

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You'll be irritated not enraged, and will find its thraldom easy to resist.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2011

But my wrath scorned to offer entreaty or compromise; and, leaving the table, I retreated to my chamber, seeking sullen comfort in the thought that I might soon emancipate myself from thraldom.

From Discipline by Brunton, Mary

To possess the person of the Emperor was doubtless pleasing to the possessor--a trump card--but those who did not possess him felt his thraldom bitterly.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis

However hopeless the condition of the masses may seem, they are already demanding more light and only await an opportunity to proclaim their emancipation from mental thraldom.

From Nature and Culture by Rice, Harvey

Sarrio earnestly desired to emancipate itself from the thraldom of pettiness and conventionality; it wished to break the bonds which had hitherto restrained it, and enter into full possession of its own conscience and rights.

From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando