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 It’s been around for a lot of Atlanta’s history and that history is so bound up in my grandfather’s story, right? —

Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2024 Conservatives should defend language — particularly political language — which is bound up in thought. —

Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024 Both types of atoms exist on Mars and on Earth, and both can be bound up in water molecules, with their single oxygen atom and their two hydrogen atoms. —

Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024 Historically, the triad has been bound up in inter-service politics, with the air force taking up ballistic missiles only to prevent the army and navy from monopolizing them. —

Robert Farley, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2013 See all Example Sentences for bound up

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