in thrall
idiom
literary
: in a state of being controlled or strongly influenced by someone or something
He was completely in thrall to her.
He was completely in her thrall.
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Zero shots in the first half did not enchant a Villa Park crowd that is normally in thrall to this Emery vintage.
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
After all, the party previously known as the GOP is in thrall to the man.
—Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2025
That’s not the policy of a man in thrall to the Republican Party’s Tucker Carlson wing.
—Hal Brands, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025
Lex is a tech billionaire very much in the Musk/Zuckerberg mode, but Hoult gives him sufficient ambiguity to blur the lines of his villainy between someone genuinely concerned about humankind in thrall to an alien and someone who just wants absolute power at any price.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
After all, the party previously known as the GOP is in thrall to the man.
—Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2025
That’s not the policy of a man in thrall to the Republican Party’s Tucker Carlson wing.
—Hal Brands, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025
Lex is a tech billionaire very much in the Musk/Zuckerberg mode, but Hoult gives him sufficient ambiguity to blur the lines of his villainy between someone genuinely concerned about humankind in thrall to an alien and someone who just wants absolute power at any price.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
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“In thrall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20thrall. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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