bound up

adjective

: closely involved or associated

—usually used with with

his life was bound up with the town's history

Example Sentences

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Although most Texans live in urban areas, inhabitants’ self-conception is still bound up with ideas of the frontier. —Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023

The inseam should be long enough to feel confident during high steps, but not so long that your legs feel bound up. —Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2023

The obstacles impeding Leff and other hospital-at-home advocates in the United States were bound up with America’s labyrinthine health care system and particular medical culture. —Seyward Darby, Longreads, 31 Jan. 2023

Constable’s style is not a habit of brushstrokes applied to a particular kind of English landscape; it is bound up in a particular kind of English landscape. —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2023

The obstacles impeding Leff and other hospital-at-home advocates in the United States were bound up with America’s labyrinthine health care system and particular medical culture. —Seyward Darby, Longreads, 31 Jan. 2023

The obstacles impeding Leff and other hospital-at-home advocates in the United States were bound up with America’s labyrinthine health care system and particular medical culture. —Seyward Darby, Longreads, 31 Jan. 2023

The obstacles impeding Leff and other hospital-at-home advocates in the United States were bound up with America’s labyrinthine health care system and particular medical culture. —Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023

For such a prolific writer, Kennan’s legacy is bound up with two short pieces. —Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 12 Jan. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above