REIN in a Sentence
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144 example sentences for REIN, such as:
1. He gave free rein to his imagination.
2. He drew rein and the horse stopped and snorted.
3. His administration's economic policy would focus on reining in inflation.
4. The boy seeing her, drew rein, smiled delightedly and started to dismount.
5. On receiving the order he gave his horse the rein and galloped along the line.
2. He drew rein and the horse stopped and snorted.
3. His administration's economic policy would focus on reining in inflation.
4. The boy seeing her, drew rein, smiled delightedly and started to dismount.
5. On receiving the order he gave his horse the rein and galloped along the line.
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Meanings and Examples of REIN
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rein
n. one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse
v. control and direct with or as if by reins
Classic Sentence: (140 in 10 pages)
1 Gerald did not see his daughter in the shadow of the trees, and he drew rein in the road, patting his horse's neck with approbation.
2 Scarlett, who had hoped for a freer rein when she escaped Mammy's supervision, discovered to her sorrow that Uncle Peter's standards of ladylike conduct, especially for Mist Charles' widow, were even stricter than Mammy's.
3 The boy seeing her, drew rein, smiled delightedly and started to dismount.
4 When he saw her standing in the mud, Mr. Wilkes drew rein with a smile of pleasure and, dismounting, came toward her.
5 But he drew rein abruptly, almost at Marietta Street, in the shadow of a warehouse not yet touched by the flames.
6 A little farther on, Scarlett drew rein in front of the avenue of oaks that led from the road to old Angus MacIntosh's house.
7 She did not draw rein but as she galloped madly toward them, she waved her arm back in the direction from which she had come.
8 He always drew rein and talked and sometimes he tied his horse to the back of the buggy and drove her on her rounds.
9 He drew rein and the horse stopped and snorted.
10 Big Sam was nowhere to be seen and, as she drew rein to wait for him, she worried about his absence, fearing the Yankees might have already picked him up.
11 She drew rein as he came up and he flung himself into the buggy, his big body crowding her to one side.
12 I wanted to marry you and protect you and give you a free rein in anything that would make you happy--just as I did Bonnie.
13 Presently a horseman with jangling equipment drew rein before the colonel of the regiment.
14 On receiving the order he gave his horse the rein and galloped along the line.
15 Nicholas gave the horses the rein, and Zakhar, stretching out his arms, clucked his tongue and let his horses go.
Example Sentence:
1 He gave free rein to his imagination.
2 You pull on both reins to stop or slow a horse, but only the left rein to turn left.
3 To my faults also she gave ample indulgence, never imposing curb or rein on anything I said.
4 His administration's economic policy would focus on reining in inflation.