Example Sentences

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Not having known much about the Camino before booking her trip, she sometimes bridles when fellow travelers share their knowledge along the route.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The handlers on the ground let go of the bridles and the cows suddenly shoot forward.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

Think animal jewelry — bridles, straps and other harness parts adorned with eagle heads, rosettes, griffins, busts of Herakles, serpents and lions, often shaped from gold.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

American freedom is not absolute; no American is free from the Constitution’s bridles.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2024

Outside, past the open double doors, a hob waits, holding the silver bridles of five dappled faerie steeds, their manes braided in complicated and probably magical knots.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black