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thrall

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1. thrall - Noun

2. thrall - Adjective

3. thrall - Verb

4. Thrall - Proper noun

Meaning

To enslave.

A slave; a bondman.

Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom.

Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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As the novel expands to include other characters, all in thrall to money and success, it’s clear that a reckoning is coming. Source: Internet

Specifically, finds Lancelot under the thrall of The Red Paladins, flagellating himself before god, and turning on his own kind in pursuit of his redemption. Source: Internet

Bernstein, 2003, pp. 126–28; McCullough, 2001, p. 556 Republicans pointed to the Alien and Sedition Acts and accused the Federalists of being secret monarchists, while Federalists charged that Jefferson was a godless libertine in thrall to the French. Source: Internet

I would rather follow the plow as thrall to another man, one with no land allotted to him and not much to live on, than be a king over all the perished dead." : — Achilles' soul to Odysseus. Source: Internet

And yet, billions of humans in thrall of those multinational energy corporations keep ripping more coal and oil and natural gas from under the crust of the earth and spewing more carbon into the atmosphere! Source: Internet

A more generous reading of her life might identify Hillary’s time as a supposedly passionate young radical -- in thrall with Saul Alinsky -- as evidence that she did indeed once have ideological/ethical goals, despite Alinsky’s immorality. Source: Internet

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