bridle
noun
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
have bridled
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present perfectof bridle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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About talks with Tata: Welsh government have bridled at suggestions that they refused to take part.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2024
Lynch may have bridled against TV conventions that demanded neat resolutions, but that is the context in which Twin Peaks existed.
From Slate ● May 3, 2017
He hated flying, had no time for dossiers or researching the opposition and would have bridled at all the necessary schmoozing with the media.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2014
During the past seven years, Greeks have bridled under a puritanical yoke at times rivaling that of Calvin's Geneva.
From Time Magazine Archive
But if he had asked you, Charlotte— Then I should have bridled.
From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Samuel Richardson
