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Example sentences for "enchain"

Lexicographically close words:
enceinte; encephalic; encephalitis; encephaloid; encephalon; enchained; enchaining; enchainment; enchant; enchanted
  1. Mid the blank world of snow and ice, Thou to his dangers dost enchain The .

  2. You make a public example of me as a for whom women may have a caprice, but that is all; he cannot enchain them; he fascinates passingly; they fall off.

  3. If she would enchain him, he must tear himself away, even if he tear out his own heart.

  4. Then you agree with me, that this magnificently vile Berlin does not enchain you in her magic net?

  5. Mortal terror strikes the Paynim At the chieftain's name; But the knight's sad thoughts enchain him-- Grief consumes his frame.

  6. Thus, in order to detain the fleeting apparition, he must enchain it in the fetters of rule, dissect its fair proportions into abstract notions, and preserve its living spirit in a fleshless skeleton of words.

  7. Her life should be one long vigilant device to enchain his being.

  8. I have not those dazzling qualities that could enchain a fiery brain like yours.

  9. Her heart desires to enchain man permanently, while she herself is ever subject to the desire for change.

  10. I have a presentiment that this man can enchain her, captivate her, subjugate her, and I feel inferior in contrast with his savage masculinity; I am filled with envy, with jealousy.

  11. Certainly I have no beauty to excite a man's passions, nor any genius to enchain his intellect, nor even any pretty accomplishment to amuse his leisure.

  12. The incidents, though sometimes startling and unexpected, are very natural, and the characters and story, from the beginning to the end, strongly enchain the attention of the reader.

  13. And to me, indeed, it seems a grander thing to thrill and enchain and draw to your feet all hearts by the power of harmony that dwells within you, than by the divine gift of song that poets have.

  14. Early tired of the beauty and virtue of the Duchesse d'Orleans, he had conceived for a lovely, witty, insinuating woman a sentiment which did not enchain the caprices of his heart, but which controlled his inconsistency and directed his mind.

  15. I see from this tribune the palace in which evil counsellors deceive the king whom the constitution gives to us, forge the fetters which enchain us, and plot the stratagems which are to deliver us to the house of Austria.

  16. It is in the nature of government to be able to deal with labor only to enchain laborers, as it deals with products only to levy its tithe.

  17. This time it was no pretence, for he had not yet had time to fall in love with another woman, and Catharine well knew how to enchain him and ever to kindle new flames within him.

  18. Her beauty, her youth no longer had the power to enchain him--the man with white hairs and withered features.

  19. At length Don Adolfo broke the charm that seemed to enchain them, by suddenly speaking again.

  20. Each French soldier before the enemy repeats the words of Joan of Arc, "You can enchain me, but you cannot enchain the fortunes of France.

  21. To-day she appeared, to herself, so intellectually superior, could it be difficult for her to enchain an interesting man?

  22. I have heard that prophet speak; they were new bold thoughts that must enchain the people's mind.

  23. There must have been something to enchain those whose active limbs, never still during the other days of the week from dawn till dark, could sit on those narrow seats and never droop with uneasiness or sleep.

  24. As a powerfully-written romance of puritanical times, this book can not fail to enchain the attention of the reader.

  25. There was no detail to enchain attention, nothing to obscure free vision; the soul in him, grand super-bird, took flight.

  26. They seemed to enchain her quivering soul.


  27. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "enchain" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.