bridle
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One of his greatest assets is at the half-mile pole you could tell from the tenor in his voice if he spotted a horse that was up in the bridle had a big chance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
His eyes are full of tears as he holds the little riding crop in one hand and the bridle in the other.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2023
But nations including South Africa and Colombia bridle at what they see as an implicit choice.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2023
Cradling a 3D printed copy of a horse skull from Mongolia, Taylor points to a groove midway along the long, sloping nose, caused by pressure from a bridle.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 29, 2023
So he lost both the sergeant and the bridle as well.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Fonsia is a prim, religious woman who bridles at Weller’s obstreperousness and salty expressions of annoyance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The handlers on the ground let go of the bridles and the cows suddenly shoot forward.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
Think animal jewelry — bridles, straps and other harness parts adorned with eagle heads, rosettes, griffins, busts of Herakles, serpents and lions, often shaped from gold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
American freedom is not absolute; no American is free from the Constitution’s bridles.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2024
Gurgi, almost witless with fear, pulled on the horses’ bridles, leading them to the safety of the trees.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
Blanche bridled at the suggestion, calling it “the most false statement I have ever heard in my life.”
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
Though he bridled against the genteel expectations of his upbringing, he was popular and effortlessly debonair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
And he bridled when he was called in for a follow-up interview that he said involved the same questions.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose vision of humane communism liberated millions, bridled the global arms race and knocked down the walls dividing East and West, has died, according to Russian news agencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
I meet my sisters in front of Madoc’s stables, where silver-shod faerie horses are penned up beside enormous toads ready to be saddled and bridled and reindeer with broad antlers hung with bells.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Some of the costs are set to be shared between power-gobbling AI companies and consumers already bridling at utility bills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
In her autobiography, Mrs. Robertson recalled bridling at staying at home and her husband’s refusal to help around the house.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022
In her autobiography, Robertson recalled bridling at staying at home and her husband’s refusal to help around the house.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
And so I find myself bridling at the smears that people cast in our direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2018
Yossarian demanded, rising up slowly on one elbow with bridling hostility.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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