Noun : the bounds of space and time; within the bounds of his estate; within the bounds of reason.    From Dictionary.com. 

Adjective : a bound prisoner. ,She is bound to her family. ,He is bound by the terms of the contract. ,It is bound to happen. ,He is bound to go.    From Dictionary.com. 

Across halfcourt and in bounds is what Mike tells him.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Duke-Arizona shapes up as true championship game] Reference

You will find it quite needful to keep within bounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letter 21] Reference

The judge was well within bounds to decline the request.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Former Cole Commander: Damn the Human Rights — Full Speed Ahead] Reference

"The majority of my blocks stay in bounds," Okafor said.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Connecticut spares tourney of more BYU complications] Reference

"I saw Victor pop it loose and I wanted to keep it in bounds,".    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Football - Michigan State vs. Michigan] Reference

"Most of them have been well within bounds," Clinton also said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton warns against violent anti-government attitude] Reference

Government is not here to merely keep us in bounds, but to keep us in play.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book Review: The Audacity of Hope | Heretical Ideas Magazine] Reference

"There are certain bounds of decency, and you had no license to insult anybody.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 37] Reference

Bryant leaped, then got both feet in bounds to make it 28-17 with 6: 24 to play.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - College Football - Northwestern vs. Purdue] Reference

"All we had to do was keep them in bounds, and we couldn't do it," Haluchak said.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Stunned Rams look ahead to next season] Reference

'' I tried to give myself some room so I could stay in bounds and I lucked out. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Ma had been within bounds when she called the Garland auction a "one-horse affair.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Chronicles of Avonlea] Reference

Does a good job of finding the sideline and adjusting to keep his feet in bounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Katz on the lower east side or if you have to stay in bounds, then the carnegie deli.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where Do You Take New Orleans Royalty for the Best Sandwich in Midtown? | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan] Reference

So the powers concerned began to keep extreme risks within bounds and to reduce tensions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Willy Brandt - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Shaw managed to keep his feet in bounds for a 14-yard catch on 3rd-and 11 to the Bengals '.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Replays showed that Hayden stayed in bounds only because his heel was a few inches off the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's NFL Replay delivers Super Bowl honors] Reference

He then changed direction, barely staying in bounds, and sprinted up the sideline to the end zone.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - College Football - North Texas vs. Arkansas] Reference

It'll be tough to really break the bounds from the last film but I think it has a lot going for it.    From Wordnik.com.  [EW's Wacky Summer Box Office Predictions « FirstShowing.net] Reference

Israel has her own problems and bounds, which is sufficient for one country.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2006] Reference