There is only one kingdom which has no disintegrating forces lodged in it, because it unites men individually to its king, and so binds them to one another; and that is the kingdom which Nebuchadnezzar saw in its destructive aspect.
My dear friend, nothing binds a man to Christ but trust.
It binds all together in one long line of brightness made up of an infinite number of points, each a separate act of divine love, each a glittering sign of His presence.
Positive acts are not needed; the negative omission to 'glorify' the God of our life binds sin on us.
Quite true; and there is only one antidote to fear, and that is the assurance that God's covenant binds Him to take care of me.
Nay more, I am persuaded she would be glad to be freed from my presence, which is an evident restraint and annoyance to her, were it not for some motive stronger than natural affection that binds her to me.
And that is the great tie that binds me to a home, only so in name.
Our sloth binds us hand and foot and delivers us to the enemy.
And Jesus binds these two together and with them makes a unity, interpreting to us the perfection of family life.
It will haunt me for a time; if you had seen her--even without being affected as I was by the old fate that binds me to this mysterious creature--you could not have helped feeling the deepest compassion.
They had again shared what binds human beings most closely to each other, pure, unselfish hours of grave meditation and quiet sympathy, in the contemplation of the eternal verities.
Thy humanity still lives, and the silver cord still binds thee to it.
Some links in the mighty spell which binds me are already broken.
She cannot rend the chain which binds ye twain together.
The obligation binds for the first time when subdeaconship has been conferred.
The obligation of reciting the office binds those in Holy Orders, even though they may be excommunicated, suspended, degraded or imprisoned.
And a person may sin venially by the inversion of the Hours, The obligationbinds sub veniali only.
A lyric poem reflects the unity of mood that binds together the thoughts and images of the poet; the drama and novel, the unity of plan and purpose in the acts of men and the fateful sequence of causes and effects in their lives.
In all such cases a strong feeling tone binds together the word-sound with the image.
The bond that binds us to our fellows is too strong to be broken by the aloofness of our condemnation.
I hear the desert calling, and my heart stands still; There is Summer in my world and in my heart; A breath comes from the mesa, and a will beyond my will Binds my footsteps as I rise up to depart.
And a will beyond my will Binds my footsteps as I rise up to depart.
Looking heavenward man can find inspiration in his lineage; looking about him he is impelled to kindness by a sense of kinship whichbinds him to his brothers.
Well may religious rites be suspended for the moment while love removes offense and binds together hearts that were estranged.
They arise out of that self-concentration and intensity of animalism that binds the hands of men and women from taking their inheritance.
In the far-distant days the jealous spirit was still strong; now it has been curbed and regulated, and the female yoke binds the clan together.
The anterior tuberosity of the tibia rises just to the level of the flat articular surface; it is hollowed in its median portion by a vertical groove of elongated form, which receives the ligament that binds the knee-cap to the tibia.
In the horse it is attached to the angle of the lower jaw by a tendon, which an aponeurosis that passes under the parotid gland binds to the mastoido-humeral muscle and the mastoid process.
When she binds upon her forehead Wreath of daisies twined with wheat, She is queen, and wears a jewelled Crown, with slippers on her feet.
One ever-during law still binds the whole, Though shunned, resisted, by the sinner's soul.
The evil conscience is the divine bond which binds the created spirit, even in deep apostasy, to its Original.
He quotes Goethe (Die Geheimnisse): From the law which binds all being The man is freed who masters himself.
Your possession of the Gospel as the food of your own souls binds you to impart it to all the famished.
He who has conquered Death for Himself has conquered it for us all; and every true and pure human affection rooted in Him is as immortal as the love that binds souls to Himself.
This matter of entering his employ is a business affair, a transaction of importance to you both, and calls for a signed agreement that binds him, the manager, as to his responsibility to you, and binds you as to your duties to him.
Illustration: 381] After that he swore an oath which binds the giants as firmly as the invocation of the Styx pledged the s of Greece.
There is no law forbidding us to divulge our friend's secrets; there is no law which bids us keep faith even with an enemy; pray what law is there which binds us to stand by what we have promised?
If he strikes himself, he has no one to call to account for the insult; if he binds himself and locks himself up, he cannot demand damages; if he bestows a benefit upon himself, he straightway returns it to the giver.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "binds" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
