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harnesses
noun as in gear for controlling an animal
verb as in rein in; control
Example Sentences
“Where she speaks from is so unassuming because it harnesses the young power that we see in the younger Bob and Rita in the film, but also because it doesn’t display everything that she is. It’s very cards-to-chest. Very quiet and still. Elegant and poised,” Lynch says, whose own formidable presence defined memorable appearances in “The Woman King” and “No Time to Die.”
By encouraging nationalists and then occasionally reining them in, the government “harnesses nationalism to its advantage, only intervening when it risks spilling over” into an uncontrollable situation.
It took the search-and-rescue team more than five hours to climb up to the stranded group with ropes and harnesses and another 6½ hours to get them safely down.
Whitney, two climbers realized they were in a treacherous situation — they were stuck in their climbing harnesses, attached to the steep rock wall by ropes as the temperature plummeted toward freezing.
In 2011, when Zana Bayne was formed, there were fewer people making harnesses intended to wear at a concert or party, or in broad daylight.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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