His gesture enjoins silence on the thousands of people who came to hear him speak. From LearnThat.org.
I said, my bonds did me from coin enjoin. From Wordnik.com. [The Pennyles Pilgrimage Or The Money-lesse Perambulation of John Taylor] Reference
"Hush!" he said, making a movement to enjoin silence. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I need hardly enjoin absolute secrecy upon your part. From Wordnik.com. [A Dixie School Girl] Reference
"Hark!" exclaimed Tom, raising a hand to enjoin silence. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, or, the Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic] Reference
And can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it?. From Wordnik.com. [America First Patriotic Readings] Reference
To enjoin this adoration on others is a doctrine of devils. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
"Well, child, I shall enjoin this pilgrimage on her as a penance.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862] Reference
Why this compulsion to enjoin others to think as you believe they should?. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce Carol Oates's 'In the Absence of Mentors/Monsters': Narrative Magazine] Reference
"I've already carried out your wishes, and do you now enjoin all these things on me?". From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Let every good officer and man look to those cautions and enjoin them upon all others. From Wordnik.com. [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference
He returned the nod, touched his fingers to his lips to enjoin silence, and passed outside. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Woman] Reference
She gave Alice a meaning glance, as though to enjoin silence, but she need have had no fears. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm] Reference
Mr. Wright, with a wave of his hand toward his helper, to enjoin silence, made this statement. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X] Reference
Not only the law, but the very necessities of nature, enjoin the institution of civil government. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
I enjoin these things then on you, now, for although a mere girl she has everything at her fingers 'ends. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
But the hour is come, when our rules enjoin us solitude; pardon me then, when my duty compels me to observe. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
It was proposed at the same time that the Treaty with Turkey should enjoin the adoption by that Power of a Law of. From Wordnik.com. [How to Observe in Archaeology] Reference
Jinnah, before his death in 1948, did enjoin Pakistanis to ignore religious affiliation in questions of governance. From Wordnik.com. [Trapped On The Razor’s Edge] Reference
I would also enjoin the same action on the part of division commanders when other parts of their corps are engaged. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
It was evident, therefore, that both prudence and uprightness would enjoin him to carry on any future relations with. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This she could do, and yet not fail in any friendly duty which the remembrance of their former love might enjoin upon her. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
I may die possessed of, under any pretence, whatsoever -- and I do moreover most positively, and solemnly enjoin it upon my. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917] Reference
Dr. Mitra, the later religious books earnestly enjoin that no one should fail, at least once in his lifetime, to visit the spot. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood] Reference
And we do further expressly enjoin and require all officers whatever, as well military as those employed in the management and direction of. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations on the Petition of the Honourable Thomas Walpole, Benjamin Franklin, John Sargent, and Samuel Wharton, Esquires, and their Associates 1772] Reference
The party known in this country as the abolition party has long since avowed the sentiments you express, and adopted the policy you enjoin. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
I was just about to speak when Merna held up his hand to enjoin silence, and stood as though he were listening attentively to some communication. From Wordnik.com. [To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story] Reference
With three or four exceptions, there is no argumentation in the speeches, for they are not meant to persuade or convince, but to enjoin and command. From Wordnik.com. [William of Germany] Reference
"O my son! observe prayer and enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and be patient under whatever shall betide thee: verily this is a bounden duty.". From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
Again I say, as Thou wouldst have me; as one that is free, as Thy servant, as one whose ear is open unto what Thou dost enjoin, what Thou dost forbid. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Sayings of Epictetus] Reference
And the party aggrieved shall also have his remedy, according to the course of equity, to enjoin such infringement, and to recover compensation therefor. From Wordnik.com. [Patent Laws of the Republic of Hawaii and Rules of Practice in the Patent Office] Reference
Hygienic regulations are compulsory, and even here the traditions of Holland enjoin an amount of whitewashing and cleaning up unique in tropical colonies. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference
The fourth class includes the religions which tend to be coextensive with life, and which enjoin the higher harmony of practical and theoretical conceptions. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
The Missouri Democratic Party is calling on the FEC to investigate the above violations and enjoin Chuck Purgason and "Joe the Plumber" from further violations. From Wordnik.com. [Joe The Plumber To Be Slapped With FEC Complaint By Missouri Democratic Party Over Campaign Ad] Reference
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