enchaining

This seems reminiscent of the attempts to ensure loyalty in the old Soviet Union: a vast bureaucracy dedicated to busywork, to enchaining the creativity and energy of professionals, and distracting them from their work.

National Epidemic Reported 2008

Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention with incidents, or enchaining it in suspense, let but a quibble spring up before him, and he leaves his work unfinished.

Preface to Shakespeare 2004

As the evening star shone out, and the orange sunset, far in the west, marked the position of the dear land we had for ever left, talk, thought enchaining, made the hours fly — O that we had lived thus for ever and for ever!

The Last Man 2003

Worship was over now, but compassion and loyalty, even pity, can be just as enchaining.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

Worship was over now, but compassion and loyalty, even pity, can be just as enchaining.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

Whatever be the dignity or profundity of his disquisition, whether he be enlarging knowledge or exalting affection, whether he be amusing attention with incidents, or enchaining it in suspense, let but a quibble spring up before him, and he leaves his work unfinished.

Preface to Shakespeare 1969

With this comes what is known as the casting of the wings, the enchaining in body: the soul has lost that innocency of conducting the higher which it knew when it stood with the All-Soul, that earlier state to which all its interest would bid it hasten back.

The Six Enneads. Plotinus 1952

It appears to me to be written with wonderful power of enchaining the attention.

The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times John Turvill Adams

But to me the novels were enchaining, enthralling; and to hint a defect in them stunned one.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator Various

She had a sweet, low voice, "that most excellent thing in woman;" while her light, silvery laughter rippled forth ever and anon, like a chime of well-tuned bells, enchaining me as would chords of Offenbach's champagne music.

She and I, Volume 1