bound up

adjective

: closely involved or associated

—usually used with with

his life was bound up with the town's history

Examples of bound up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tornado tracking is portrayed less like a dangerous sport than like war journalism, a job that inherently involves large-scale societal issues and is bound up with the death and the misery of others. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 July 2024

But from Redstone’s view, the Skydance deal was likely to be bound up in costly litigation for months while the company would likely struggle amid the uncertainty. —Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 2 July 2024

And here’s the thing: The large, ineluctable past cannot be simply be bound up tight with the iron bands of a gag order. —Howard Blum, Washington Post, 26 June 2024

That participation is bound up in the drive to have fun and make art, too, of course. —Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above