bridle
noun
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
had bridled
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past perfectof bridle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had bridled one of his worst impulses.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 29, 2018
The Anniston, Ala. Star, which had bridled last year at the violence with which the city met the first Freedom Riders, convicted Wallace of "reckless asininity."
From Time Magazine Archive
Already he had demanded that Gilbert write something more substantial "without the supernatural and improbable;" Gilbert had bridled, rued, agreed to. capitulate, then blithely written—The Mikado!
From Time Magazine Archive
Automatically, as a follower of Elijah Muhammad, I had bridled whenever this was said.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
And the gardener thereupon had bridled and stammered as though Jadwin had conferred a gift.
From The Pit by Frank Norris
