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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However, until recently, the same applied to support for Ukraine, and that sentiment has rapidly shifted among Republicans in thrall to the mercurial commander-in-chief.
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
An overriding democratic majority of Greeks continue to favor meaningful limits on immigration for more moderate reasons—not because the public is in thrall to neo-Nazi ideology.
—Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
Daniel Kinahan, a keen amateur boxer, has always been in thrall to prizefighters.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
But video games in a sense where the viewer instead has no control, entirely in thrall to Korine’s anti-audience vision.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
An overriding democratic majority of Greeks continue to favor meaningful limits on immigration for more moderate reasons—not because the public is in thrall to neo-Nazi ideology.
—Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
Daniel Kinahan, a keen amateur boxer, has always been in thrall to prizefighters.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
But video games in a sense where the viewer instead has no control, entirely in thrall to Korine’s anti-audience vision.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in thrall
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“In thrall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20thrall. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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