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Meanings of loose reins in English

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Usage of loose reins in English
1
Prince Maiyo only smiled, and with loose reins stooped and patted her neck.
The Illustrious Prince
2
Again you are giving loose reins to your naughty tongue, Thusnelda.
Old Fritz and the New Era
3
She kissed his hand as it held the loose reins.
Judith of the Plains
4
They waited with loose reins for the ponies to move.
The Highgrader
5
The Mountain jumped with loose reins into the trap.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
6
The runaway horses came trotting up the road, dragging their loose reins in the snow.
The Bone Doll's Twin
7
He slapped his horse more forcibly with the loose reins and settled into, mournful silence.
Up the Hill and Over
8
We spurred hard to get out of the open, riding with loose reins for the creek.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
9
Connell approached and took up the loose reins.
Frontier courtship
10
Giving loose reins to just and moral indignation, Juvenal is every where animated, vehement, petulant, and incessantly acrimonious.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 12: Domitian
11
A ready-witted sergeant grabbed at the loose reins flapping in the air, but they eluded him with a snake-like twist.
The Wheel O' Fortune
12
Tempers accustomed to riot with loose reins, spurn restraints, and passions inflamed by indulgence, take fire on the least friction.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4
13
He guided us with loose reins and used the spurs only rarely to get us up to speed with our work.
Feminist dot com
14
Suddenly the wagon loomed out at her, with two down-headed horses jogging along and the loose reins swinging above their backs.
The Rangeland Avenger
15
The loose reins hanging over his crupper were wet with foam, and the box fastened on behind the chaise gave great regular bumps against it.
Madame Bovary
16
Neither men had spoken a word since the start, but sitting low in the saddle, gave the horses loose reins nor checked them an instant.
Jim Cummings; Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery
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