Example Sentences
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Blanche bridled at the suggestion, calling it “the most false statement I have ever heard in my life.”
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
Though he bridled against the genteel expectations of his upbringing, he was popular and effortlessly debonair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
About talks with Tata: Welsh government have bridled at suggestions that they refused to take part.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2024
And her son bridled at having to share personal information that Chavez needed in order to apply.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
By the time he reached the stable, Dolorous Edd had the lord commander’s palfrey saddled and bridled and waiting for him.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
