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.

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 Meanings and Examples of REIN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
rein
 n.  strap or rope attached to the bridle or bit, used to control a horse or other animal; instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  The boy seeing her, drew rein, smiled delightedly and started to dismount.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
4  When he saw her standing in the mud, Mr. Wilkes drew rein with a smile of pleasure and, dismounting, came toward her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
5  But he drew rein abruptly, almost at Marietta Street, in the shadow of a warehouse not yet touched by the flames.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
9  He drew rein and the horse stopped and snorted.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
11  She drew rein as he came up and he flung himself into the buggy, his big body crowding her to one side.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
13  Presently a horseman with jangling equipment drew rein before the colonel of the regiment.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
14  On receiving the order he gave his horse the rein and galloped along the line.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XVII
15  Nicholas gave the horses the rein, and Zakhar, stretching out his arms, clucked his tongue and let his horses go.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER X
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.