Definition of THRALDOM

Examples of thrall in a Sentence

Noun

I'm not your thrall, so you'll have to pick up after yourself. a people who still bear the scars of having been in thrall for so many years

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Even when a third party (Christopher Innvar) appears on the scene and sets the usual romantic complications in motion, Alice and Edgar remain tightly focused on one another, neither willing nor able to break the spell that holds them in thrall. — Terry Teachout, WSJ, "‘The Dance of Death’ and ‘Mies Julie’ Reviews: Strindberg—Sort Of," 14 Feb. 2019 At the time, Karl was in the thrall of the madcap Princesse Diane de Beauvau Craon who was the establishment’s defacto hostess. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, "Hamish Bowles Remembers the Unparalleled Energy, Wicked Wit, and Insatiable Curiosity of Karl Lagerfeld," 20 Feb. 2019 And all of them are just as much in karmic thrall as the grandees who came before them, undone by ambition, rashness and cosmic retribution. — Daniel Akst, WSJ, "‘The Hazards of Good Fortune’ Review: An Unforgiven Overreacher," 5 Oct. 2018 But Toronto offered two things that no one else could: The NHL's best young core, and the thrall of home. — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, "In Joining an Up-and-Coming Maple Leafs Squad, John Tavares Gets to Live Out His Dream," 2 July 2018 Mussorgsky’s 1869 first version is a spare, two-hour work that was shockingly pointed politically, a portrait of a tsar for whom the thrall of power cannot overcome the buffeting by a fickle public, court intrigue and his own guilt. — Mark Swed, latimes.com, "Searching for Russia's soul, then and now, in 'Boris Godunov'," 19 June 2018 There are hints of tyranny in how Maeve and Dolores are progressing through the park, winning some hosts to their side and compelling others to serve as thralls. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Westworld: A Cut Above," 20 May 2018 Connecting Negan, now as in thrall to vengeance as Rick was in last week’s episode, with his enemy through Carl’s letters is a powerful moment. — Nick Statt, The Verge, "The Walking Dead Villain Watch season 8, episode 15: Worth," 9 Apr. 2018 Sports has long been in thrall to its ownership, and coaching demi-gods, and not the actual talent that drives the games. — Jason Gay, WSJ, "I Won’t Whine About LeBron’s Wine," 3 Jan. 2019

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