as in to control
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
try to bridle your criticism next time so that it is helpful and not hurtful
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Recent Examples of bridle
And Trump — despite his administration’s ongoing assistance to Israel — has at times bridled at the appearance of close US coordination.
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Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 June 2025
The Trump administration accused UC Berkeley of failing to disclose millions of dollars in foreign funding on Friday, touting muscular new enforcement of an obscure federal rule amid ongoing efforts to bridle America’s top research institutions.
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Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
During his first term in office, President Donald Trump bridled under various Watergate-era mechanisms passed to provide oversight to the executive branch.
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Patrick Eddington,
Oc Register,
20 Apr. 2025
Weaker firms may bridle at the costs of compliance; some will go out of business.
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James K. Galbraith,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2019
See All Example Sentences for bridle
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 June 2025
The Trump administration accused UC Berkeley of failing to disclose millions of dollars in foreign funding on Friday, touting muscular new enforcement of an obscure federal rule amid ongoing efforts to bridle America’s top research institutions.
—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
During his first term in office, President Donald Trump bridled under various Watergate-era mechanisms passed to provide oversight to the executive branch.
—
Patrick Eddington,
Oc Register,
20 Apr. 2025
Weaker firms may bridle at the costs of compliance; some will go out of business.
—
James K. Galbraith,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2019
See All Example Sentences for bridle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bridle
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France has largely dominated, controlling 68% of possession and creating a whopping seven shots on goal.
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Doing your nails at home gives you control over how aggressively the nail plate is filed and how gel is removed, which can lower the risk of long-term damage.
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Progressives cite its emphasis on the dignity of work and workers, and on the need for government to regulate working conditions that threaten this dignity.
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Meanwhile, even some PBM critics question whether states can effectively regulate them.
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The violence has worsened under the military government that had promised to curb it, analysts say.
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Apple’s move contributed to a selloff in global tech stocks this week, stoking concern that rising component costs will curb demand for devices and eventually slow the memory chip rally that has powered much of the AI trade.
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From June of 2004 to July of 2006, as the subprime bubble was inflating, the Fed raised the interest rate 17 times consecutively – a textbook policy of monetary tightening, unprecedented at the time, which should have restrained credit creation.
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Authorities said Veit restrained the girl before placing her inside the dryer.
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Firefighters, meanwhile, quickly contained the blaze to a 10-by-10-foot area.
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Each kit contains five breakfasts and five lunches.
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The Cubs kept the game plan fairly simple for Peterson in his debut following a whirlwind couple of days after learning he had been traded Wednesday evening.
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Panama can't make anything of its counter attacks and keeps losing the ball in transition.
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Alberto Fujimori, who governed Peru from 1990 to 2000, is credited by supporters with rescuing the country from economic collapse, taming hyperinflation and defeating the brutal Maoist Shining Path insurgency, which had terrorized Peru for years.
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The move to make E15 available year-round represents the White House's latest effort to tame gas prices that have risen because of the war with Iran.
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What the testing program will measure According to American Fusion, the testing campaign will evaluate several key parameters that determine whether a fusion device is operating as intended.
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Biofeedback therapy uses sensors to measure muscle activity while providing auditory or visual feedback.
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“Bridle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bridle. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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