disenthrall
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- disenthrallment noun
Etymology
Origin of disenthrall
Example Sentences
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“In the spirit of Lincoln, the facts are new, and we’ve got to think anew and act anew. We’ve got to disenthrall ourselves,” Newsom said.
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025
As Emily Dickinson expressed it: “Within its reach, though yet ungrasped / Desire’s perfect Goal – / No nearer – lest the Actual – / should disenthrall my soul – ”
From The Guardian • May 22, 2020
She quotes Lincoln: “We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save the country.”
From The Guardian • Dec. 22, 2019
At Woodstock on the Mall, actor Edward James Olmos quoted Lincoln: "We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Oh, I did not come hither to reproach you; I came but to entreat you to speak the word that will disenthrall my country!"
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
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