Definitions

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of bridle.
  • adjective Equipped with a bridle; controlled.
  • adjective Having bridle-shaped marks.

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Examples

  • The chief merit of her figure lay in this particular, that she "bridled" well.

    Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870

  • The result was that Dulcie "bridled" in a twitter of wounded faith and anger.

    Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870

  • In the U.S. and U.K., at least, with the dismantling of many New Deal era reforms in a conservative counterrevolution in the enduring debate about the pie and its pieces, and the role of government in all this, the more loosely bridled forces of capitalism are once again at play, creating new economies and destroying old ones -- an inherently unstable process.

    Christopher Holshek: London Calling Christopher Holshek 2011

  • Make Your Mental Health Care a Team Sport It's tough staying emotionally stable nowadays and many of you bridled at my suggestion that you trade in your one-on-one-$150-a-session-Ph.D.-accredited-shrink for a $50-per session group therapist.

    Paul Greenberg: Tips for Tougher Times Paul Greenberg 2011

  • In the U.S. and U.K., at least, with the dismantling of many New Deal era reforms in a conservative counterrevolution in the enduring debate about the pie and its pieces, and the role of government in all this, the more loosely bridled forces of capitalism are once again at play, creating new economies and destroying old ones -- an inherently unstable process.

    Christopher Holshek: London Calling Christopher Holshek 2011

  • Critics bridled at a permanent increase in the mortgage fee to pay for such a short-term tax break.

    Senate Clears Tax-Break Extension, Spending Bill Janet Hook 2011

  • Make Your Mental Health Care a Team Sport It's tough staying emotionally stable nowadays and many of you bridled at my suggestion that you trade in your one-on-one-$150-a-session-Ph.D.-accredited-shrink for a $50-per session group therapist.

    Paul Greenberg: Tips for Tougher Times Paul Greenberg 2011

  • I also wonder about Depp and depth, or rather Depp and range, two elements consistently missing in his performances, bridled as they are by a post-Warholian lack of affect or commitment.

    Johnny Depp is back as a very different Hunter S Thompson 2011

  • Republicans bridled at weekend comments from Sen. Richard Durbin D., Ill., who said he wanted no further domestic-spending cuts because the Democrats' alternative had already "pushed this to the limit."

    Policy Disputes Spill Over Into Spending Fight Naftali Bendavid 2011

  • He bridled that the players were advised not to say anything to the media.

    Snap judgments in the Patrice Evra-Luis Suárez dispute help no one | Marina Hyde 2011

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