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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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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Eli Hager, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2024
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
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Noun
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
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
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“Thrall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thrall. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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