Sample Sentences for
enjoin
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enjoin as in:  enjoined us to act

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    The resolution enjoins members to reduce their carbon footprint.
    enjoins = urges
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    I enjoin you to practice the meditation of peace.  (source)
    enjoin = urge
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    "One thing, thou that wast my wife, I would enjoin upon thee," continued the scholar.  (source)
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    "Don't mention it," he enjoined me eagerly.  (source)
    enjoined = urged
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    As regards the generality of mankind it is; but not for you, my dear viscount, who are one of my most intimate friends, and on whose silence I feel I may rely, if I consider it necessary to enjoin it—may I not do so?  (source)
    enjoin = urge
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    Scarlett winked slyly at Frank and, for all his distress at the bad news he had just heard, he smiled, knowing she was enjoining silence and making him one in a pleasant conspiracy.†  (source)
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    THE NYGHT OF THE CLAYMYNG BEING THE NYGHT OF GREATESTE WEAKNESSE, WHENNE THE DARKENESSE WITHINNE ENJOINS THE DARKENESSE WITHOUTE & THE PERSONNE OF POWERE OPENNES TO THE GREATE DARKNESSE, SO STRIPPED OF PROTECTIONS, BINDINGS & CASTS OF SHIELDE & IMMUNITIE.†  (source)
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    As Helenus enjoin'd, we next adore Diana's name, protectress of the shore.†  (source)
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    High matter thou enjoinest me, O prime of men, Sad task and hard: For how shall I relate To human sense the invisible exploits Of warring Spirits?†  (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-est" is dropped, so that where they said "Thou enjoinest" in older English, today we say "You enjoin."
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    I feared the vengeance of the disappointed fiend, yet I was unable to overcome my repugnance to the task which was enjoined me.  (source)
    enjoined = urged or commanded upon
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    Every man can understand it, but to conceive it and enjoin it was possible only for God.  (source)
    enjoin = command
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    Calling Turk, and seriously enjoining obedience, he seated the monkey on his back, securing it there with a cord, and then putting a second string round the dog's neck that he might lead him, he put a loop of the knot into the comical rider's hand, saying gravely, 'Having slain the parent, Mr. Turk, you will please to carry the son.'†  (source)
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    He may execute the law without energy or zeal; He may neglect to execute the law; He may do what the law enjoins him not to do.†  (source)
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enjoin as in:  enjoined us from acting

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Environmentalists seek to enjoin the drilling on the grounds that it is unnecessary and dangerous.
enjoin = prohibit
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    The state requested that the Supreme Court enjoin the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to block parts of the law.
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    Church canons generally enjoin baptizing an infant unless at least one of the parents will raise the child in the Catholic faith.
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    The organization further requested that the court issue an injunction to enjoin enforcement of the rule until the lawsuit is settled.
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    They shook hands and exchanged the wry smile of adversaries who are enjoined from mauling each other by some inconvenience of context.  (source)
    enjoined = prohibited
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    Charles then returned to the consulate with a federal marshal to serve both orders, one ordering the consul general to produce me and the other enjoining the consul general from removing me from the country.  (source)
    enjoining = prohibiting
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