ensnared

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It made haste to the place where the sun lay ensnared, and as it came nearer and nearer, its back began to smoke and burn with the heat, and the whole top of his huge bulk was turned in a very short time to enormous heaps of ashes.

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  • The trees had been cut down and the sections of trunk buried along with the plague victims they'd ensnared, but I saw that the stumps had sprouted again from the roots. —  Robin Hobb
  • His eyes and his intelligence were ensnared: his heart escaped.—Why?—It were difficult to tell. —  Jean-Christophe, Vol. I
  • A honeysuckle-ensnared sign on the other side of the three-way intersection gave them a choice. —  FSFApril2005
  • Voyles said that once the animal was ensnared, his agency needed to sedate it. —  Tucson Citizen
  • (SNIPPET: "The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a new post from online jihadi discussion forums about how to finance jihad-related websites without being" ensnared "in a trap by law enforcement ...") (April 9, 2009, 1: 10 pm) (Read More ...) —  Latest Articles
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