in thrall
idiom
literary
: in a state of being controlled or strongly influenced by someone or something
He was completely in thrall to her.
He was completely in her thrall.
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Such a promise has kept Tesla diehard customers in thrall for years (even while their patience is bewildering to the rest of us).
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Richard Bishop, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
But such a project, ultimately, is still in thrall to that original paradigm.
—Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
The real estate solicitor Jonathan Harker has become Thomas Hutter; his fiancée, Mina, is now his wife, Ellen; his employer Renfield, secretly in thrall to the count, is renamed Herr Knock; and the role of the vampire hunter Van Helsing has been reduced and remade into Professor Sievers.
—Jason Bailey, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Any resemblance between the struggles of a visionary who designs buildings for 20th century pharaohs and that of a modern-day filmmaker aiming for brilliance in an industry in thrall to the bottom line is, of course, not a coincidence.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
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Richard Bishop, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
But such a project, ultimately, is still in thrall to that original paradigm.
—Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
The real estate solicitor Jonathan Harker has become Thomas Hutter; his fiancée, Mina, is now his wife, Ellen; his employer Renfield, secretly in thrall to the count, is renamed Herr Knock; and the role of the vampire hunter Van Helsing has been reduced and remade into Professor Sievers.
—Jason Bailey, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Any resemblance between the struggles of a visionary who designs buildings for 20th century pharaohs and that of a modern-day filmmaker aiming for brilliance in an industry in thrall to the bottom line is, of course, not a coincidence.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
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“In thrall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20thrall. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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