leash

Example Sentences

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And he keeps a tight leash on a group of contestants who operate at various degrees of charming.

From The Wall Street Journal

I feel like a sideshow attraction being led in on a leash.

From Literature

Luckily the works themselves keep slipping this interpretive leash.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s a leash — and everyone holding it just realized they’re on the wrong end.

From MarketWatch

“And your croaking, if called for. And we shall not rest until Bertha is found and securely leashed, for her safe return to this very POE. Understood?”

From Literature