bridle
Example Sentences
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Though he bridled against the genteel expectations of his upbringing, he was popular and effortlessly debonair.
When Edith-Anne announced that Rainbow needed a “new bridle and bit,” Penelope could have sworn it said “medicinal tar pit.”
From Literature
Behind the restaurant he found the dirt bridle path.
From Literature
The handlers on the ground let go of the bridles and the cows suddenly shoot forward.
From Barron's
Castro is accused of pulling on the bridle of one horse and grabbing the reins of another as mounted deputies moved toward a crowd of protesters to enforce dispersal orders on June 14.
From Los Angeles Times
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