Example Sentences

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The former presidents, saying that the vote to impeach Mr. Min had been binding, called for new elections, and Mrs. Kim announced her candidacy.

From New York Times • May 25, 2015

By the time he got to Penn, he had been binding his breasts for more than two years and had developed back pain.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2013

The volunteers—big, brawny men, who, warned by the foreman, had been binding wet cloths over their mouths, now sprang forward, peering into the gloom.

From Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

As she ate she saw Adam coming in search of her, holding a garland which he had been binding to crown her.

From National Epics by Rabb, Kate Milner

From within he heard a sound like a low moan; but he knew it was a sigh of relief loosening tight nerve cords that had been binding his wife's heart in suspense.

From The Roof Tree by Conrey, Lee F.