in harness
Example Sentences
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Kay, played by Nicole Kidman, is newly back in harness as the chief medical officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a job she’d held before being pushed out some unspecified years earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
France-based stars Marcos Kremer and Juan Cruz Mallia, who missed the two Test defeats by England in July, are back in harness, while eight of the starting XV are established Prem performers.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
Bit wear on two of the mares also suggested they were used under saddle or in harness and for breeding.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024
A writer of immense range and output, capable of 6,000 words a day when in harness, Mr. Johnson modeled his career after earlier English men of letters, like Thomas Babington Macaulay and G.K.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
Fifteen men in harness dragged one boat at a time across the wet snow and over the ice, stopping every quarter mile to rest, before going back to haul the second boat forward.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
