How to Use take the reins in a Sentence

take the reins

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• Next week Riz Ahmed will take the reins.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2026
• Guest bartenders take the reins here, and the soundtrack is heavy on hip-hop.
  — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
• Elordi is happy to take the reins for Hill off-set, then, and say a few more words.
  — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2025
• During the game, Atkinson let his players take the reins a bit.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
• That situation inspired you to take the reins and run your own career.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 29 Nov. 2025
• How could rank amateurs take the reins of such a powerful office?
  — Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
• That cleared the way for McCarthy to take the reins under center.
  — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
• Hand select samples and full-sized products or let the brand's experts take the reins for you based on an in-depth quiz.
  — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 4 Oct. 2022
• Sam Darnold will take the reins as the starter after a terrific bounce-back year with the Vikings.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
• There was no flashy sign-on, no new local DJ to take the reins as the frequency changed hands.
  — Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
• Or aldermen need to more forcefully take the reins themselves.
  — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
• The Hurricanes brought in a transfer to take the reins at quarterback last year.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2025
• By weekend’s end, the quarterback Riley once expected to take the reins was on his way out.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• Batiste had come to Jaouad three different times asking her to take the reins on painting the instrument.
  — Rachel Desantis, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
• Yusef will take the reins of the organization going forward.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
• Budget chairman Graham says the Senate will take the reins to advance its plan.
  — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
• Now, many see him as the natural choice to take the reins at Adare Manor in 2027.
  — Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
• Justin Fields will take the reins from here with a team ready to bust out and surprise the NFL world to start.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
• So Islas, named captain before the turmoil, decided to help take the reins.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
• But the public does tend to pay a price when eccentric visionaries take the reins of government.
  — Simon Shuster, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
• That’s when Meyers and Crane decided to step back, mostly to let the new owners take the reins.
  — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
• Freeze brought in Oklahoma transfer Jackson Arnold to take the reins.
  — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2025
• So to take the reins 20 years later and get to try my own version of this guy is really meaningful and special.
  — Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
• There will be many future games in which DiVincenzo or Conley play well and take the reins late.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2025
• Honda was likely looking for a partner to help take the reins after exiting its deal with GM.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2024
• By the time the Bulls traded LaVine last February, White felt ready to take the reins.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
• Someone, anyone, needs to step up and take the reins here, as the Flyers have looked formidable otherwise.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
• Will Derrick White or Andrew Nembhard take the reins?
  — Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
• Will Derrick White and Andrew Nembhard take the reins?
  — Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
• That said, the coaching staff never appeared to put their full confidence in Conover to truly take the reins after Hall left.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022