tight rein
Example Sentences
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Jhye Richardson supported Payne with three wickets for 32 as the Scorchers kept a tight rein on the Sixers' scoring.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
“Look to be a buyer of the barrel on the big headlines, but keep a tight rein on length,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
He doesn't have many tells, keeping his emotions under tight rein and his thoughts to himself.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2025
Energy output has yet not reached pre-pandemic levels as companies have kept a tight rein on production, pressuring pipeline operators' transport volumes.
From Reuters • Jul. 19, 2023
Then my thoughts strayed to my parents, as they always did when I didn’t keep a tight rein on them.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
