put in harness
Example Sentences
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He’s put in harness and becomes the member of a dogsled team hauling mail to prospectors drawn to the frigid fastness of the Yukon in the hunt for the yellow stuff.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2020
Ah, one must be caught young, and put in harness early, to lead such an existence as that and be content!
From Peter Ibbetson by Du Maurier, George
I don't exactly like the actions of those horses, Ajax," remarked Mr. Dinsmore, as he came out putting on his gloves; "I did not intend to have them put in harness to-day.
From Elsie Dinsmore by Finley, Martha
We can never expect that the Mississippi will be absolutely put in harness.
From The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
He endeavored to persuade himself that learning and dullness went hand in hand, and that genius was not to be put in harness.
From Oliver Goldsmith A Biography by Irving, Washington
