Chained

Examples

• I fell in behind them and soon we were at the cell in which the great Thark had been chained. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Reliant on Night, confiding in Solitude, I kept my tears sealed, my sobs chained, no longer; they heaved my heart; they tore their way. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Thus vanquished and restricted, she pined, like any other chained denizen of deserts. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr Flintwinch shut him out, and chained him out, without a moment's loss of time. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She had chained it up again, and however it might tear her within, she subdued it to herself. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Chained with them were a number of fierce beasts, such as had been turned upon us, and others equally as ferocious. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• And so I caused Hor Vastus to be harnessed in the metal of a Zodangan soldier and chained in Parthak's cell beside him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• They waited, while the person who had let them in, chained and barred the door. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• When the time comes, let loose a tiger and a devil; but wait for the time with the tiger and the devil chained--not shown--yet always ready. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Shortly after this episode another prisoner was brought in and chained near me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Yes, but he is chained on the other side of the house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Would it not be strange, Die, to be chained for life to a man who regarded one but as a useful tool? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Break thy chain, said Benedict, for the true servant of God is chained not to rocks by iron, but to righteousness by Christ. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We came along past the chained boats in the slips along the quay to where the barman's boat should be. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• We reached the city of Warhoon after some three days march and I was immediately cast into a dungeon and heavily chained to the floor and walls. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• As is usual with bright natures, the deity that lies ignominiously chained within an ephemeral human carcase shone out of him like a ray. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I am chained to my old life. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Simon next walked up to the place where Emmeline was sitting, chained to another woman. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Double-locked and chained,' replied Crackit, who, with the other two men, still remained quite helpless and bewildered. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Dignity and prestige were supplied by making economics the key of history; passion was chained by building paradise upon it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• In doing so I noted with horror that she was heavily chained by one ankle to the side of the vehicle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• But one of the seamen prevented me, and having informed the captain, I was chained to my cabin. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• In others were chained prisoners and beasts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Your man persuaded me to come out at last by saying the dog was chained up in his kennel. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Let it be denounced and chained up. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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