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
As soon as the outskirts of the town were reached, she would give rein to her horse, and together they would speed over the veldt.
From An I.D.B. in South Africa by Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise
And this fact the student 79should always keep in mind, and be ever ready to give rein to those natural enthusiasms which, if he is an artist, he will find welling up within him.
From The Practice and Science of Drawing by Speed, Harold
