Example Sentences

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Fed Chair Yellen has bridled at such ideas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 26, 2015

So far he has bridled, saying the decision would have a “boomerang effect” and that American-Russian relations were being driven to a “dead end”.

From Economist • Jul. 17, 2014

Democratic Senator John Carroll has bridled at the personal favorite of Whizzer White, and made his dissatisfaction known by suggesting no fewer than 21 alternative choices.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir Broderick, it appears, has bridled under these "impudent" attacks by the Labor Ministry.

From Time Magazine Archive

The young artist has caught the inspiration of his art - he has bridled Pegasus.

From Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts by James, Juliet Helena Lumbard