Example Sentences

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God was the glue that had bound us, and even though we still loved each other, our faith—the collective unit of faith that we had and we were—fractured.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2019

They shunned the rules that had bound their mothers and grandmothers.

From Washington Post • May 23, 2018

The experience of death, which had bound them together a quarter of a century ago, unexpectedly reunited them on an unseasonably warm January afternoon in 2013.

From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2016

Twelve hours later, Huth was seasick, bent over the deck rail, to which he had bound himself with a harness and tether.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2016

She darted back toward the chair, which now sat empty, the cord that had bound Anat still wrapped loosely around the arms.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny