- present participle of bridle.
bridling
Example Sentences
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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
European Union privacy and competition regulators have been far more aggressive than their U.S. counterparts in bridling the tech giants.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2021
Since the end of the 19th century, perhaps bridling against the nascent industrial age, composers have played with different ways of creating music resistant to man-made mechanics of time keeping.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2020
Yossarian demanded, rising up slowly on one elbow with bridling hostility.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
