rein
noun
Often a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
unreined
-
a word derived from
rein.
Example Sentences
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Capitalism, unreined during the 1920s, had hit another of its cyclical failures, this time its worst yet.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2015
Brad has unreined imagination and enthusiasm and what comes first with him is the gee-whiz.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2011
He is more romantic than Romance, juggling nations, kings, comets, peasants in soaring obedience to unreined fancy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Decision is the first series ever to star a former President of the United States, and Truman's unreined personality is the whole show.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Santuzza she exploited her capacity for unreined intensity of expression.
From Interpreters by Carl Van Vechten
