Sample sentences for BOND - verbalworkout.com

4 meanings

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1 —as in:
a close bond

Definition

a close connection; or to form such a connection; or something that holds things together (creates a connection)

They've had a close bond since childhood.

bond = connection

Other Uses (with this meaning)

We bonded when we roommates our first year at college.

bonded = became close

We use a special epoxy that creates a strong bond.

bond = connection (where things are glued together)

But I fear for you young people because you do not understand how strong is the bond of kinship.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart

bond = connection

They were both farm girls and had bonded early on.
Kiera Cass -- The Selection

bonded = connected (as friends)

No one will discuss these things again, or even acknowledge having ever discussed them at all, but because of it, invisible bonds have been forged.
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind

bonds = connections

So much for the old movies and the mother-daughter bonding.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

bonding = forming a close connection

We shall in future be able to ease his bonds for a few hours each day.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

bonds = restraining ropes

Mom and I bonded over other things, especially our favorite sport: football.
J.D. Vance -- Hillbilly Elegy

bonded = connected (emotionally)

In our culture wedding jewelry is a bond between the couple.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

bond = connection

2 —as in:
the bond market

Definition

a certificate issued by a government or corporation that promises to repay a debt in return for a loan

US Bonds are considered vary safe, but they will go down in value when interest rates rise.

bonds = certificates to repay a loan that are issued by a government or corporation

Other Uses (with this meaning)

My sister's fund contains mostly stocks, but she plans to add bonds as she gets older.

bonds = a loan to a government or corporation that pays interest

Everybody I knew was in the bond business, so I supposed it could support one more single man.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

bond = (buying and selling) certificates for which a government or corporation pays a specific interest rate for a cash loan for a specific period of time

And after the news of Louie's death broke, the film director Cecil B. DeMille showed up to do a radio interview with the family for the Sixth War Bond Drive.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

bond = certificates for which a government pays a specific interest rate for a cash loan for a specific period of time

They picked him up when he handed the bonds over the counter.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

bonds = loan certificates that entitle the certificate owner to receive future payments for a loan

You're selling bonds, aren't you, old sport?
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

bonds = loan certificates that entitle the certificate owner to receive future payments for a loan

I was sure that they were selling something: bonds or insurance or automobiles.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

bonds = loan certificates that entitle the certificate owner to receive future payments for a loan

Instead of being the warm centre of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe — so I decided to go East and learn the bond business.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

bond = (buying and selling) certificates for which a government or corporation pays a specific interest rate for a cash loan for a specific period of time

I knew the other clerks and young bond-salesmen by their first names, and lunched with them in dark, crowded restaurants on little pig sausages and mashed potatoes and coffee.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

bond = certificates for which a government or corporation pays a specific interest rate for a cash loan for a specific period of time

I'm a bond man.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

bond = in the business of buying and selling certificates for which a government or corporation pays a specific interest rate for a cash loan for a specific period of time

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3 —as in:
released on a $10,000 bond

Definition

an amount of money a court orders a defendant to pay to be released from jail prior to a trial (The money is returned after trial, but is collected to help assure the defendant will appear at trial.)

She was released after paying a $10,000 bond.

bond = money paid to a court for release from jail prior to trial

Mom was released from jail on bond and prosecuted for a domestic violence misdemeanor.
J.D. Vance -- Hillbilly Elegy

bond = money paid to a court for release from jail prior to trial

4 —as in:
all our employees are bonded

Definition

insured to cover any loss resulting from dishonesty

I can't start work until I'm bonded.

bonded = insured

Other Uses (with this meaning)

Twenty-six were set to be joined with Riders; the rest were unbonded.
Christopher Paolini -- Inheritance

(Editor's note: The prefix "un-" in unbonded means not and reverses the meaning of bonded. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.)

If ever you met an unbonded dragon, you would not say so.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest

(Editor's note: The prefix "un-" in unbonded means not and reverses the meaning of bonded. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.)

Less commonly:

Less commonly, bond can refer to:

a formal or sincere agreement
a duty
a specific way that atoms are held together
a type of paper
a specific way of laying bricks
something used to tie things together or prevent free movement

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