enchains
- present tense form of enchain (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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But in these dramas we rarely miss the interest and charm of a dramatic story, which provokes the curiosity and enchains the attention.
From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch
Joyously they march along, Lights are flashing through the panes, In the streets a busy throng Curiosity enchains.
From The Burgomaster's Wife — Complete by Ebers, Georg
Love has Fetters stronger far: By Bolts of Steel are Limbs confin'd, But cruel Love enchains the Mind.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
It would do as great things now, if it were divorced from the degrading and tyrannical connection that enchains it.
From Coningsby by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
I have one of those souls I have described; I see it clearly; but the empire of the senses enchains my will, and I have ever been and ever shall be bad.
From The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
