Example Sentences

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Dermer’s approach to U.S. relations at times broke from decades of diplomacy that have bound the U.S. and Israel together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

If there is no significant change in the current, no biomolecules have bound to the sensor surface.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2024

If the man of one group became the grandfather of children in another community, for instance, that link may have bound people closer together.

From Scientific American • Aug. 10, 2023

“I have bound myself not to talk about Joe’s contract,” Bengals owner Mike Brown told reporters Monday, a day before the opening of training camp in Cincinnati.

From Washington Times • Jul. 24, 2023

Earlier, farther down, she might have recovered from a falter or stumble, might even have bound up a twisted ankle and continued on.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry