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Meanings of restive horse in English

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Usage of restive horse in English
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A restive horse, a young girl in a carriage and in danger.
The Light That Lures
2
The other swore at his restive horse, and then cleared his throat.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
3
She pulled it up as a driver drags back a restive horse.
The Captives
4
Surging, it seemed to sweep with it the rider on the restive horse.
The Perils of Pauline
5
You are a horsewoman-youknow the feeling of a restive horse.
The Sowers
6
But his mind played away from it like a restive horse.
Birthright: A Novel
7
Under Hinda's hands the table was bucking like a restive horse.
Melnitz
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If the rider of the restive horse gives a signal, drivers must give way.
News.com.au
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He calmed the restive horse with a firm hand.
Greatheart
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We're going. Lee held the restive horse while Mrs. Bacon was helped up into the rig.
East of eden
11
But he remained passive and listless, with his back bent like a restive horse under the whip.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3
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There was the laughter of soldiers, and from an adjoining meadow came the neighing of a restive horse.
The Parts Men Play
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My reply was, that "having mounted a restive horse, I would ride him into the stable."
Men of Invention and Industry
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In fact, precisely as a rash, restive horse is said to feel his oats, so Turkey felt his coat.
Bartleby, the scrivener
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In truth, she is a very woman; and, like a restive horse, will take the path that pleases her.
Cleopatra
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Came the trampling of a restive horse on the road outside, followed by the rhythmic beat of cantering hoofs.
The Vision of Desire
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