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    1. By the time I rein Sefir to a halt in the stable yard, Wiesse has broken the news to her


    2. 'I figured out a way to rein in Ali,' Ish said


    3. I can rein him and put him


    4. ‘I hope you’re going to keep him on a firm rein


    5. ’ The Inspector went on, allowing his devil full rein


    6. The ex-cons had helped themselves to whatever clothes they had wanted from the very best shops in London and had given full rein to their sartorial whims


    7. when you have full rein of your emotions


    8. He kept her rein tight until they were in the open before he slacked off a bit, letting her run her pace


    9. “You don’t admit children?! Alexia was only sixteen!” Raven spat the words out before he had time to rein his anger in


    10. sob, and that time Santa Claus heard him and drew rein

    11. Jeff drew rein as he clattered into the courtyard


    12. Recent events embarrassing to the Church should be properly understood as microcosms of the moral failings of an increasingly dysfunctional society that has given free rein to the inherent short-comings of individuals of weak or questionable character rather than the regarded failings of the Church (qua) Church


    13. America is a debt-ridden nation that needs to rein its consumer habits on a ―needs basis‖


    14. There was no evidence at all Iran ever tried to develop an A-bomb, and no effort at all to rein in Israel which has over 100 H-bombs since the 1970s, its weapons developed from an alliance with South Africa under apartheid and plutonium stolen from the US


    15. Incredibly, Mia swivelled her neck, even on that short rein, and bit down hard on the girl’s wrist


    16. “Now, I know what you’re thinking since you’re in such a good mood, but any similarity with a donkey’s strap and rein is purely unintentional and simply a product of the same basic design principles that define both pieces of gear


    17. This came at a price (literally); my inability to rein my foodie instincts in, meant when the bill arrived I was paying more than I had budgeted for (sound familiar?)


    18. For when the lightning lightens, the thunder utters its voice, and the spirit enforces a pause during the peal, and divides equally between them; for the treasury of their peals is like the sand, and each one of them as it peals is held in with a bridle, and turned back by the power of the spirit, and pushed forward according to the many quarters of the Earth; And the spirit of the sea is masculine and strong, and according to the might of his strength he draws it back with a rein, and in like manner it is driven forward and disperses amid all the mountains of the Earth; And the spirit of the hoar-frost is his own angel, and the spirit of the hail is a good angel; And the spirit of the snow has forsaken his chambers on account of his strength -There is a special spirit in it, and that which ascends from it is like smoke, and its name is frost; And the spirit of the mist is not united with them in their chambers, but it has a special chamber; for its course is glorious both in light and in darkness, and in winter and in summer, and in its chamber is an angel; And the spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of the Heaven, and is connected with the chambers of the rain, and its course is in winter and summer, and its clouds and the clouds of the mist are connected, and the one gives to the other; And when the spirit of the rain goes out from its chamber, the angels come and open the chamber and lead it out, and when it is diffused over the whole Earth it unites with the water on the Earth; And whenever it unites with the water on the Earth; For the waters are for those who dwell on the Earth; for they are nourishment for the Earth from the Most High who is in Heaven; therefore there is a measure for the rain, and the angels take it in charge; And these things I saw towards the Garden of the Righteous; And the angel of peace who was with me said to me: 'These two monsters, prepared conformably to the greatness of God, shall feed


    19. The Tea Parties have furnished stimulus to existing organizations and inspired the establishment of new efforts to rein in out-of-control federal government


    20. “Can I take a rein check on that Angie, I’m really tired

    21. For when the lightning lightens the thunder utters its voice and the spirit enforces a pause during the peal and divides equally between them; for the treasury of their peals is like the sand and each one of them as it peals is held in with a bridle and turned back by the power of the spirit and pushed forward according to the many quarters of the Earth; And the spirit of the sea is masculine and strong and according to the might of his strength he draws it back with a rein and in like manner it is driven forward and disperses amid all the mountains of the Earth; And the spirit of the hoar-frost is his own angel and the spirit of the hail is a good angel; And the spirit of the snow has forsaken his chambers on account of his strength -There is a special spirit in it and that which ascends from it is like smoke and its name is frost; And the spirit of the mist is not united with them in their chambers but it has a special chamber; for its course is glorious both in light and in darkness and in winter and in summer and in its chamber is an angel; And the spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of the Heaven and is connected with the chambers of the rain and its course is in winter and summer and its clouds and the clouds of the mist are connected and the one gives to the other; And when the spirit of the rain goes out from its chamber the angels come and open the chamber and lead it out and when it is diffused over the whole Earth it unites with the water on the Earth; And whenever it unites with the water on the Earth; For the waters are for those who dwell on the Earth; for they are nourishment for the Earth from the Most High who is in Heaven; therefore there is a measure for the rain and the angels take it in charge; And these things I saw towards the Garden of the Righteous; And the angel of peace who was with me said to me: 'These two monsters prepared conformably to the greatness of God shall feed


    22. Rein in the Foundations


    23. “I suppose I’ll just have to assume it was!” Emeroth snapped, barely keeping rein on her anger


    24. Moshe, with great effort, began to rein his mount into a more westerly heading, toward a small break in the ridge, hoping that the other wildly charging steeds would follow


    25. Moshe, moving quickly to rein Gad's horse back to a walk offered, “Don't worry! In no time at


    26. with great effort, began to rein his mount into a more westerly heading, toward a small break in


    27. He says to me "Put away from you all wicked desire and clothe yourself with good and chaste desire; for clothed with this desire you will hate wicked desire and will rein yourself in even as you wish


    28. When my sisters and I already were in our mattresses and while I was searching for a convenient place to put the bottle between the boxes, Beatrice gave free rein to his discomfort


    29. From very young she gave free rein to her imagination composing short stories for children


    30. And sensing the public mood, the detractors demanded punishment to the fathers as well for their failure to rein in their children

    31. Impressed with his zeal to examine life, Tiwari granted Suresh a free rein at Tihar except for interaction with the Punjabi terrorists rotting in their solitary confinement


    32. Given a free rein by guruji, in due course, she shaped the sadan, as a resource to the hapless, not as a resort to the parasites, where she broke away from her past and concentrated on the present until the thought of Suresh stirred the tidings of future in her


    33. A yell that had nothing of the human in its timbre rang from his lips as Conan rebounded from the bloody earth and seized the rein of a riderless horse that raced past him, throwing himself into the saddle without bringing the charger to a halt


    34. Conan dismounted and the page called a servitor, who came running to receive the stallion's rein


    35. Mona tried to rein her in, but another problem cropped up: enter Simon


    36. I tried to rein in my thoughts; my mind telling me that I had to think, to fight, but my heart telling me I'd already lost


    37. Koinet had no riding skills whatsoever but, after a couple of failed attempts to mount the animal, he abandoned the idea of riding and, with a rein in each hand, he walked ahead in their search for Lemayian


    38. rein in my emotions


    39. To do all this, though, I will need total free rein to act there


    40. to rein for all infinity within the land of Nifleheim high above

    41. In giving the Red Army free rein to take Berlin, Eisenhower claimed that he was avoiding politics; insisting it was based on "purely military" factors


    42. And understanding that the flesh wants to be known, is superficial, even in its core, and cannot in any wise resist to be seen, except that Christ begins to rein, and that is not just some people, but all


    43. Pre-millennialists believe that there will be a literal 1000yr millennial rein starting from the time of Christ’s return and preceded by a time of tribulation


    44. ) Believers then rein with Christ for 1000 years during the millennial kingdom (Revelation 20:6)


    45. rein them in using the force of our rational minds


    46. In the United States where capitalism is given a much freer rein


    47. I don’t want the Sirens to rein terror on anyone else


    48. Samual took a deap breath tryng to rein his power in


    49. The poll even showed that a majority believed that the prime minister had allowed, or had been unable to rein in, high-level corruption


    50. She will either be wings or fetters, a rein or a spur to your Christianity, according to her character













































    1. reined and whipped on in haste by the sightless cadaver coachman,


    2. ” The chatter of conversation was set to a frenzied level, and it wasn't until the meal was brought out that they reined their enthusiasm to a pitch more conducive to an evening's repast


    3. Paul Benoit reined in his horse as he crested a small rise


    4. mettlesome horse never stumbleth but when he is reined


    5. that a "mettlesome horse" needed sometimes to be "reined," and heard, too late as well, the stern declaration of the Commons of England that


    6. The chapel was suddenly before her, and she reined in hard, spinning to a stop


    7. The horse faltered for a moment, as if reined in, and then it reset to gallop at top speed toward the group of men waiting in the clearing


    8. “Okay,” she shouted merrily, reined her horse in abruptly and dismounted quickly so as not to miss the show


    9. I reined him to a stop with a ‘Whoa, boy


    10. In the midst of the chaos that reined from the crowds and the police Hussein and Ahmed managed to escape from the panic that was around them

    11. He had reined his horse to stop its trot


    12. He did not question for one second though that should he try to act wildly, fear would overcome them and their instincts would not be reined; they would bring him down, as the Patriarch had ordered them to, ‘for his own good’


    13. appetites are resisted by the temperate understanding, and bent back again, and all the impulses of the body are reined in by


    14. I reined myself back in and looked out of the window


    15. glad I have reined that in a bit


    16. Momentarily taken aback by such a bold challenge spoken in the unique dialect used only by his superiors, the low-ranked captain reined his mount to a halt


    17. Ari, in his position leading Moshe’s horse with the others following close behind, suddenly reined in, “Somebody back there call?” The question hung in the air as everyone looked at each other


    18. “Hathor’s hair!” Youssaf shouted as he reined in his mount, which came to a stumbling halt over the bloody corpse, “That was fast! I saw it, but I can’t quite believe it! I never took you for that practiced a killer Moshe, but thanks anyway, I don’t think that I was too convincing


    19. “Joshua, think hard,” Moshe said as he reined in by the new man’s side


    20. 35 For the affections of our appetites are resisted by the temperate understanding and bent back again and all the impulses of the body are reined in by reasoning

    21. A fourth chariot had stopped well away from the point of danger as shouting erupted down the line of chariots which were again quickly reined in


    22. Moshe reined in his horse to better watch the shimmer as it slowly dissolved into the distance


    23. “That’s not all of them, Yigal!” Benjamin spoke as he reined in


    24. Having finally, laboriously, gained the highest ground that overlooked the lowlands, Moshe reined in for a view of the Egyptian catastrophe and their narrow escape


    25. his superiors, the low-ranked captain reined his mount to a halt


    26. reined in, “Somebody back there call?” The question hung in the air as everyone looked at


    27. “Hathor's hair!” Youssaf shouted as he reined in his mount, which came to a stumbling halt


    28. Youssaf sharply reined his mount to a


    29. “Joshua, think hard,” Moshe said as he reined in by the new man's side


    30. “Moshe!” Joshua's voice sounded frantic as he reined up before them, “The army is in front of

    31. line of chariots which were again quickly reined in


    32. “That's not all of them, Yigal!” Benjamin spoke as he reined in


    33. reined in for a view of the Egyptian catastrophe and their narrow escape


    34. The Saxons reined in fifty yards off


    35. A couple of hundred yards from the end of this mile-long passage Dimarico noticed a stir ahead as the Saxons reined in


    36. Titus reined in his pony to ride alongside Athene, all the better to converse


    37. Thespides reined in and demanded, "Why do you halt?"


    38. The voivode laughed coolly, wiped the saliva from his gorget and reined his horse about


    39. Swinging the Devi up, he followed her into the saddle and again reined the stallion westward


    40. At his shout they reined back, and five hundred bearded faces were tilted up towards him; a deep, clamorous roar filled the canyon

    41. The kings reined in and gazed in awe at the fallen lion


    42. With a baffled shake of his head, Conan lifted the countess into the palfrey's saddle, and then mounted the war-horse and reined toward the summits that castellated the sky


    43. "Good! He's coming!" Even as John-Paul spoke, the Sergeant reined the horse to a stop, wheeled it through some trees, and turned


    44. Chaos reined for several minutes


    45. Feltus reined his horse to a halt until the others had arrived at his side


    46. As they reined their mounts to a halt in front of Jeremy’s shack, they


    47. held up his hand to stop the rest of the riders as they reined in


    48. evil itself, at least tendencies that must be reined in with the rational


    49. you’re a…” But for the third time that night he reined in his anger


    50. He accepted our nature much faster than I hoped for and forcefully reined in his confessor, who was the Church’s representative attached to his court














































    1. the top 5 reining and cow-horses in the country


    2. more personally connected than most dispatched here to deal with reining the mad dogs in


    3. He was aware he looked like he wasn’t in control but he was having trouble reining his emotions in


    4. There was a long silence, and he could see her marshalling a calm, reining in whatever


    5. “Make way! Make way for the king’s courier and guard bound for the City in answer to Pharaoh’s summons!” he shouted while simultaneously spurring and reining his horse, making him paw and prance impatiently


    6. Reining his horse sharply to the right he charged again at the path, as Joshua exclaimed, “What in the name of Hathor’s hair are you trying to do?”


    7. Reining his horse sharply to the right he charged again at the path, as Joshua exclaimed,


    8. “What're you two doing sneaking up on us?” Moshe asked reining in his steed close to Joshua


    9. Although my father’s horses were trained to respond to neck reining and subtle shifts of your seat, it required a fit rider to stay on


    10. As prime minister, he is faced with a similar challenge of reining in his own saffron brotherhood

    11. They began again, Aesa alternating between unspelling and reining his power in when it got too strong to handle


    12. treated the servants like animals and manhandled his daughter, barely reining his baser


    13. Nothing that Catkin saw made any sense to him and he considered reining in his group of malicious thugs to take time to assess the situation


    14. the way a reining horse spins, with the inside hind foot


    15. In with him came two other riders, wearing helmets and carrying spears, all of them reining in outside the hall and we climbed down the gate-tower to join them


    16. up from behind, “My apologies,” he said, reining in his slothfulness for once


    17. Don Quixote did so, reining in Rocinante until his weary squire came up, who on reaching him said, "It seems to me, senor, it would be prudent in us to go and take refuge in some church, for, seeing how mauled he with whom you fought has been left, it will be no wonder if they give information of the affair to the Holy Brotherhood and arrest us, and, faith, if they do, before we come out of gaol we shall have to sweat for it


    18. It came to pass, then, that having sallied forth one morning to practise and exercise himself in what he would have to do in the encounter he expected to find himself engaged in the next day, as he was putting Rocinante through his paces or pressing him to the charge, he brought his feet so close to a pit that but for reining him in tightly it would have been impossible for him to avoid falling into it


    19. But you’re the interviewer so technically it’s your fault for not reining me in


    20. ” “That’s a fine bevy, Ma’m,” said Gerald gallantly, reining his horse alongside the Mrs

    21. “Ah, Mikhaïlo Semyónitch!” said the rider, stopping, reining in his horse in front of the elder Kozeltzoff, “have you fully recovered already?”


    22. 'There's a man on horseback,' he said, reining in his horse and keeping in line with the others


    23. The regimental commander sought out Dólokhov in the ranks and, reining in his horse, said to him:


    24. He was slightly flushed after galloping two miles, and reining in his horse he sighed restfully and looked round at the faces of his suite, young and animated as his own


    1. Violet tried clicking and shaking the reins


    2. Grinning broadly, the man leaps off his gg and dropping the reins, throws his arms around Gilla, swinging her off her feet as he kisses her soundly


    3. The driver is monosyllabic, uttering brief, curt instructions to the animal and barely using the reins


    4. Half wrenching myself out of Berndt’s embrace, I turn to see Deris standing there, Adamant’s reins in his hand


    5. To my surprise, Wiesse comes with Berndt and I, gracefully turning down Berndt’s polite offer that Wiesse should take the reins – they chat idly while I try to work out if this is mere good manners – the younger man deferring to the older – or because Wiesse is a skilled wagon driver, or whatever they are called


    6. Even more nervously, I do what he suggests, and, to my utter surprise, find that Sefir appears to understand my hamfisted attempts at manipulating the reins


    7. There are jumps set up down the middle of the paddock and, as we round the next corner, I pull slightly on the reins so that we move down the middle


    8. ’ He replied, as I hand over the reins to Wiesse who wants to have a good look at Sefir


    9. To my surprise, I see that there is no metal bit in the gg’s mouth, only thin leather straps round the animal’s head and the reins joining under the chin


    10. ‘But the reins control the geyenghant quite adequately

    11. Berndt reins Adamant in as the men register our presence and stop working for a moment


    12. So much so, that when Berndt reins in his gg, I nearly run straight into him


    13. Without a word, he throws my bags over Sefir’s shoulders, secures them and hands me the reins, storming off to check Adamant is ready to go


    14. But her reins are firmly in my grasp and, hauling myself closer to her, I start swimming towards the shore


    15. It isn’t easy swimming one handed … holding onto the reins is awkward and my legs keep bashing into Sefir as the current of the wasteg throws me against her side


    16. Lord Tarak was impressed with the pull that Duncan had; a raised voice and she immediately pulled in her reins


    17. Master Seatac held the reins as he walked Patton out of the stable pen


    18. reins of power, it was most decidedly time for Jack, Jill and the rest


    19. But, you had to admire the way she took the reins firmly in her hands, working through the house, cleaning, repairing and clearing out the junk – just as well really, her mother was a poor thing and couldn’t manage at all


    20. Their driver sat hunched over the reins throughout the

    21. the horse’s reins on the back of the plough


    22. “My own hackamore and reins, with matching saddlebags! This is just so perfect


    23. Filbert stood to one side holding the reins of the


    24. out of the stable and handed them their reins


    25. Then the front windscreen had been smashed out and two drivers sat in the front two seats, one to control the horse’s reins and the other to steer the Jag


    26. his friend the reins of his beloved donkey, bracing himself


    27. Seated on the front of each one, reins in hand, was an armed man


    28. My mate the parking officer has got the traces and reins all ready, perhaps you and your son outside could give us a hand to saddle them up


    29. said, reaching for one of the mule’s reins


    30. Nate dismounted and walked slowly towards the soldier, one hand on the horse’s reins and the other held up above his head

    31. I let go of the reins and separated our auras


    32. Penelope held fast to the reins and peered ahead


    33. No longer able to grasp the reins or to maintain her balance, she could feel herself falling off of the saddle


    34. He “steered” their cart again, swinging the reins with every beat


    35. Nerissa slapped the reins again, but the youth called out for Homer


    36. As the lead soldier, the driver, snapped the reins and the horses started to move, one of the others behind him asked very softly, “So, is she really… her? ”


    37. The officer grinned and snapped the reins


    38. Your body is the chariot; the charioteer is your consciousness, and your mind is the reins held by the charioteer


    39. One of the boys of the caravansary appeared and took the horses" reins


    40. Carl dismounted and handed the reins to a nearby Guardian wearing a blue mask and gauntlets

    41. Wil appeared less stressed as they moved their horses to the picket lines where mortal men in Wolf Rohjor livery moved to take the reins as they dismounted


    42. He chuckled and handed her the reins


    43. He snatched the reins from her hand and turned to Ed


    44. That was easy,” said Rufus, smiling a little as he jiggled the reins on his pony


    45. Major Piggott was certainly the man to take over the reins in Ashanti


    46. At that, they all laughed, while the tall, rail-thin Halfling put his top-hat back on and gave the reins a quick shake


    47. She reluctantly drew in on the reins as they moved beyond vision of the main building, pulling her cloak tighter around her


    48. She knew this landscape as intimately as the well-worn creases of the reins beneath her fingers, but how could she spot the horses in this chaos? What if they lay injured, mired in the mud?


    49. She pulled into the bailey as if she were floating, handing the reins off to Stephen with a wide smile, moving with light feet up the main steps, over to the long spiral


    50. In a few moments the horse was resaddled and she was vaulting on top of him, pulling hard on the reins, wheeling him out of the doorway and thundering through the main gates














































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    Synonyms for "rein"

    rein harness rule rein in draw rein check control curb bit

    "rein" definitions

    one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse


    any means of control


    control and direct with or as if by reins


    stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins


    stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins


    keep in check