give rein to
Example Sentences
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It was on the 1974 Lions tour to South Africa that Ripley was able to give rein to his talents.
From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2010
Once in sole command after 1966, he started to give rein to his instinct as an impresario, with variable but sometimes fabulous results.
From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2010
The scrubby vineyards and the crumbling stones become things of no account, for if I wish I can give rein to my imagination, and pick foxgloves and pale campions from a wet, streaking hedge.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
May I this evening venture to give rein to the impulses of advancing years?
From The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse by Various
We dare not give rein to imagination where Inspiration is silent.
From Memories of Bethany by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
