bridle
noun
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
was bridling
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past progressiveof bridle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Barris was bridling at ABC’s conservatism and bureaucracy.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2017
In Newport last week, everyone was bridling at the rules.
From Time Magazine Archive
While the Confederate orderly was bridling the horses Lee stood alone, gazing in unutterable grief across the valley to where the remnant of his army lay.
From Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray by William Charles Henry Wood
I followed his gaze of admiring fondness to where Mrs. Jarvis was, bridling and simpering under Esculapius's compliments.
From Stories of the Foot-hills by Margaret Collier Graham
By this time Steve was bridling up and looking like a conquering hero.
From The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives by Elizabeth Strong Worthington
