bind
verb (used with object)
to fasten or secure with a band or bond.
Example Sentences
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But “when it’s done well, it really binds, because they are thinking, alive things; they are. That’s our job to animate.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Watch: The Prince of Wales says Sir Kevin "binds and glues communities together"
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
One end of the Protac drug binds to the disease-causing protein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Nothing here binds a future administration, and courts almost never stop the government from disavowing promises its officials had no authority to make.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Silence hides secrets, holds back fears, but it also binds with loyalty and love.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
