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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Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2024
Sanctions alone cannot break the cycle of intimidation and capitulation that keeps so many citizens of former Soviet bloc countries in Putin’s thrall.
—Jim Townsend, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2022
Salesforce projects those discounts will only grow once consumers find them fully in the thralls of Cyber Week.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Under his thrall, the anti-immigrant wing of the GOP has mushroomed, its rhetoric increasingly frightening to Chamber of Commerce types, many told me in interviews.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Giuliani never governed in the thrall of one party, ideological movement or ethnic constituency.
—Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2024
Sanctions alone cannot break the cycle of intimidation and capitulation that keeps so many citizens of former Soviet bloc countries in Putin’s thrall.
—Jim Townsend, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2022
Salesforce projects those discounts will only grow once consumers find them fully in the thralls of Cyber Week.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Under his thrall, the anti-immigrant wing of the GOP has mushroomed, its rhetoric increasingly frightening to Chamber of Commerce types, many told me in interviews.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Thrall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrall. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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