Example Sentences

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Even if Lapid had reined in his worst impulses and concentrated on the theme at hand, “Ahed’s Knee” might have been too difficult to watch.

From Washington Post • May 3, 2022

Pat Carter, who is retired, said she had reined in her car use in recent months.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2022

The company’s response, the executives said, was an example of how it had reined in the wild “rules-are-what-we-make-of-them-so-long-as-we’re-winning” impulses that led to the crisis that was almost its undoing a few years ago.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2017

Credit-card companies, which had reined in their pitches because of higher loan losses and new regulations, are now also stepping up their marketing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2011

Busy struggling to raise Hen Wen to her feet, Taran did not notice the horseman until he had reined up at the pen.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander