Examples of rein

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The rhinoceros, the prince of the earth, bound with the reins of faith, plays a very active role in this.
A man without any reins to steer by.
She ought to be reined in, perhaps, but he is the one to do it; it is none of my business.
Otherwise, the rider could not hold the reins and guide her horse properly.
Nevertheless, state officials control the reins of power within the state.
In effect, this would simulate the use of reins as in actual horseback riding.
In the second budget of that year demand was reined back, and this is most evident in the movement to budgetary surpluses.
Conservatives may use humanitarian language to project a more compassionate political stance, while liberals may invoke more traditionally conservative language about reining in big government.
The hands that held reins and riding crop a short while ago now lie demurely on her lap.
In two places - the reins of the horse and the belt of one man's tunic - the point chisel was used like a drawing tool to indicate a detail.
First, legislators have an interest in generating excessive bureaucracy rather than reining in expansionary ambitions on the part of agencies; secondly, voters act to reward rather than punish this behaviour.
American power would not be reined in.
Finally, the older people who were net providers tended to be healthy, aged less than 75 years, married, with income and still held the reins of economic control.
The latter, however, held the political reins.
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