BRIDLE in a Sentence

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65 example sentences for BRIDLE, such as:
1. She bridled, then simply shook her head.
2. A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle.
3. It is the bridle and spur that make a good horse.
4. Wearily she dismounted and took the animal by the bridle.
5. With a sudden swift movement the man's hand was on the horse's bridle.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of BRIDLE
bridle
 v.  put a bridle on
 n.  the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
Classic Sentence: (61 in 5 pages)
1  Every foot of ground, every tree and brook, every lane and bridle path reminded her of him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
2  By this time Scarlett was boiling, ready to rear like a horse at the touch of a strange rough hand on its bridle.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
3  "Hold the reins," said Rhett shortly, swinging to the ground and tossing the bridle to Uncle Peter.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
4  Maybe you girls didn't know it, but they've got every road, too, every wagon lane and bridle path, except the McDonough road.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
5  Then finally having found it, the horse sank in the traces and refused to move, refused to rise even when she and Prissy tugged at the bridle.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
6  Wearily she dismounted and took the animal by the bridle.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
7  I can't stand it, said Scarlett, taking the horse by the bridle and pulling him to a reluctant start.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
8  As he slowly dismounted and tossed the bridle reins over the hitching post, Scarlett's breath came back to her as suddenly and painfully as after a blow in the stomach.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
9  Scarlett stood with her hand on the horse's bridle, a dull feeling at her heart.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
10  Over and over, he told the story of his many narrow escapes, of the bypaths and country lanes he had taken on his return to Tara, the unfrequented roads, the old trails, the bridle paths.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
11  Then Cathleen flapped the bridle reins sharply and the old mule moved off.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
12  With a sudden swift movement the man's hand was on the horse's bridle.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
13  Placing Alice, then, on the same animal with Cora, he seized the bridle, and commenced his route by plunging deeper into the forest.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
14  There was a great gleaming of yellow and patent leather about the saddle and bridle.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
15  He jerked and wrenched savagely at his bridle, stopping the hard-breathing animal with a furious pull near the colonel of the regiment.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
Example Sentence:
1  It is the bridle and spur that make a good horse.
2  A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle.
3  Nothing says quality like thick bridle leather, brass rivets, and metal fasteners.
4  She bridled, then simply shook her head.