THRALL in a Sentence

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Example sentences for THRALL, such as:

1. He is not in thrall to the media.
2. Not his ascendancy alone, however, held me in thrall at present.
3. You may recall that for years the chancellor was helplessly in thrall to Prudence.
4. But had to follow, leaving Giles to welcome the approaching Manresa, who had him in thrall.
5. For a long moment all she could do was stare back at him, his dark fathomless eyes holding her in thrall.

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 Meanings and Examples of THRALL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
thrall
 n.  slave; bondman; slavery; bondage
Classic Sentence:
1  Not his ascendancy alone, however, held me in thrall at present.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
2  Tom stood perfectly submissive; and yet Legree could not hide from himself that his power over his bond thrall was somehow gone.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
3  But had to follow, leaving Giles to welcome the approaching Manresa, who had him in thrall.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
4  He ought to have been clapping his hands and stamping his feet on the bank, instead of which he was hard at work, a thrall to strange witchcraft, full of improving knowledge.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
Example Sentence:
1  He is not in thrall to the media.
2  You may recall that for years the chancellor was helplessly in thrall to Prudence.
3  For a long moment all she could do was stare back at him, his dark fathomless eyes holding her in thrall.
4  Her beauty held him in thrall; he never saw such a girl before.