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bridling

verb as in check, hold back

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Example Sentences

I 'aven't come to sharin' my butler's 'ouse,' said Mrs Clay, bridling.

"Well, I can assure you he was made for better things," she went on, bridling.

"It's not very polite to tell us so, Mr. Dempsey," said the thin old lady, bridling.

Saddling and bridling him, I mounted and rode out past the house where I saw some ladies but did not speak to them.

The cultivated man makes of nature his friend, and honors its friendship, while only bridling its caprice.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bridling, such as: control, inhibit, subdue, withhold, suppress, and govern.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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