plural thralls
1
a
: a state of servitude or submission
—usually used with in
in thrall to his emotions
b
: a state of complete absorption
—usually used with in
… mountains could hold me in thrall with a subtle attraction of their own …—
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thrall
adjective
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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
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Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Mary Ellis emerges from the silo and transfers Assassin to Travis, freeing the real Mary Ellis from her thrall.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Only vampire hunters, like the titular D—a half-vampire, half-human dhampir—can hope to stand up to the vampire’s supernatural might, and in the ‘85 film, D agrees to hunt down a 10,000-year-old vampire lord in order to prevent a young woman from falling under his thrall.
—James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Where prior generations might have been in the thrall of speakeasies and inscrutable cocktail ingredients, drinkers who turned 21 during the pandemic’s upheaval want an experience with less friction.
—Kate Bernot, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Celebrities are really in the thralls of them right now.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Mary Ellis emerges from the silo and transfers Assassin to Travis, freeing the real Mary Ellis from her thrall.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Only vampire hunters, like the titular D—a half-vampire, half-human dhampir—can hope to stand up to the vampire’s supernatural might, and in the ‘85 film, D agrees to hunt down a 10,000-year-old vampire lord in order to prevent a young woman from falling under his thrall.
—James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Where prior generations might have been in the thrall of speakeasies and inscrutable cocktail ingredients, drinkers who turned 21 during the pandemic’s upheaval want an experience with less friction.
—Kate Bernot, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Thrall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrall. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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