Thrall

Word THRALL
Character 6
Hyphenation thrall
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Thrall"

What do we mean by thrall?

The state of being in the power of another person or under the sway of an influence. noun

One, such as a slave or serf, who is held in bondage. noun

One who is in the power of another or under the sway of an influence. noun

To enslave. transitive verb

A slave; a serf; a bondman; a captive. noun

One who is a slave to some desire, appetite, spell, or other influence; one who is in moral bondage. noun

Thraldom, literal or figurative; bondage; slavery; subjection. noun

A shelf or stand; a stand for barrels. noun

Enslaved; bond; subjugated.

Figuratively, subject; enthralled.

To deprive of liberty; enslave.

Figuratively, to put in subjection to some power or influence; enthrall.

To enslave. transitive verb

A slave; a bondman. noun

Slavery; bondage; servitude; thraldom. noun

A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc. noun

Of or pertaining to a thrall; in the condition of a thrall; bond; enslaved. adjective

One who is enslaved or mind-controlled. noun

The state of being under the control of another person. noun

One who is enslaved or under mind control.

The state of being under the control of another person.

A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc.

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The word "thrall" in example sentences

Students spend years cramming details for memorized tests; the ones who succeed then spend years in thrall to entrenched professors. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's heartening to know that not all Mexicans are in thrall to the mighty Christmas tree and still put up nacimientos in their homes! ❋ Unknown (2009)

But at this point they are discovering that they are just as much in thrall as the centrists to paymasters uninterested in universal coverage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For two lively and absorbing hours I am able to forget the radically altered circumstances of this life — none of my students could guess, I am certain, that “Professor Oates” is a sort of raw bleeding stump whose brain, outside the perimeter of the workshop, is in thrall to chaos. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In their third and final television debate, Elaine Marshall bashed incumbent Republican Senator Richard Burr as a homophobic influence-peddler in thrall to big pharma and the military-industrial complex. ❋ Michael Carmichael (2010)

Funds to finance these huge war loans was borrowed from China and Japan, putting America ever deeper in thrall to the Asian powers, and undermining its finances. ❋ Eric Margolis (2010)

I am on the left and in thrall to Karl Marx, Gul tells Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror. ❋ Giles Richards (2010)

The truth is that Britain's economic policymakers are as in thrall to bankers as their 1970s forerunners were to trade unionists. ❋ Simon Jenkins (2010)

First he elaborated the ways that Congress, the media, the regulators, and both political parties were more in thrall to corporate power than ever before in his memory. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You are either a stupid troll in thrall to the screechmonkeys that do your thinking for you and knowing you are too stupid to even TRY to discuss the topic or you are a mental patient who needs to increase your meds. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The NSO players are plainly in thrall to Eschenbach, whose qualities are diametrically opposed to his predecessor, Leonard Slatkin. ❋ Robert Battey (2010)

The other survivor is a bombastic general from the other clan, in thrall to military glory, in love with death. ❋ Philip French (2010)

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