How to Use rein in a Sentence

rein

1 of 2 noun
  • He has people working for him, but he has a tight rein on every part of the process.
  • These include the long rein, the airs above the ground and the quadrille.
    Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2021
  • To keep the team going, the solution was to hand the reins of the team off to the sons.
    Kimberly Winter Stern, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The 2-year-old slowed to a walk and Camacho grabbed the reins with his hands.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
  • County leaders have called for the state to take the reins of the program.
    Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 2 Apr. 2020
  • So take hold of it and grab the reins to a new tomorrow.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
  • As the stylebook reminds us, seize the reins, give free rein to, put a rein on.
    WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023
  • What does the change mean for his son taking over the reins of the Murdoch empire?
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023
  • And Peter, of course, took over the reins of the father and did a remarkable job.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Now 76, Rita has retired and passed the reins over to Cedella.
    Vandana Pawa, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • John Straley takes us on a wild ride, but with the reins held firmly in his able hands.
    Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Mar. 2020
  • While the pass gets you in, America the Beautiful doesn’t give you full rein of the park.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Just loosen the reins on the galloping horse of restriction?
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2024
  • An agent on horseback leans over, grabbing a man by the shirt as a rein dangles.
    Hamed Aleazizstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
  • The plan all along was for VanVleet to serve as a bridge to the future until Thompson was ready to take over the reins.
    Rahat Huq, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Self-finance required a tight grip on the reins of spending.
    Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Whether the pending lawsuits can put reins on AI remains to be seen.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • In this event, the cowboy uses a saddle and holds onto a rein with one hand.
    Tess Demeyer, Dallas News, 2 Dec. 2020
  • But for decades, NASA also kept a tight rein on each project’s planning phase.
    Clive Thompson, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Sign up That is now, to put it lightly, what has happened during Musk’s six months at the reins.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
  • The sign's rein starts in the final days of October and covers just about all of the following month.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2022
  • As the animal clops down the empty street at dawn, Reale guides it with black leather reins, her hands in gloves that match.
    Jill Langlois, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Alex recently took over the reins of the 92-year-old’s $25 billion fortune.
    Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 16 June 2023
  • In addition to keeping a tight rein on lawyers, the judge has already moved once to keep the Huntsman case on track.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 June 2021
  • For about $65, there is the add-on option of a picnic and ride in a cart pulled by two horses, an employee at the reins.
    David Segal, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • However, there are driving forces that compel HR to grab the reins.
    Doug Leeby, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Jim Davis stars as the elder Ewing with Larry Hagman well cast as his oldest son — and heir to the reins.
    Richard Hack, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2023
  • With Bautista sidelined, the Orioles have handed the closer reins to Kimbrel.
    Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The following one will be entirely under the reins of Barak.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023
  • The aging founders of some of these original firms had for years refused to hand over the reins to the next generation.
    Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 31 July 2023
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rein

2 of 2 verb
  • Most of the time, the parents try to rein the behavior back in.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 31 Oct. 2023
  • And there’s been no mechanism in sight to rein that in.
    ABC News, 8 Jan. 2023
  • And the 74-year-old businessman shows no signs of reining it in.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 June 2023
  • In other words, the court may rein in Big Tech in a way Congress hasn’t chosen to.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The state of Missouri, where the most puppy mills are, has been unwilling to rein it in.
    Jack McCordick, The New Republic, 16 Feb. 2023
  • With their cloud-nine highs and rock-bottom lows, who or what can rein in the passions of teenagers in love?
    Guillermo Perez, Sun Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2022
  • In an effort to rein in inflation, the Fed raised rates six times.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Others might feel the need to rein themselves in and play the straight woman to anchor a cast of eccentrics.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 17 May 2023
  • But the November election could rein in some of the largest water users.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Pesina was Tobias’ friend, but talking to him had done nothing to rein him in.
    David L. Craddock, Ars Technica, 8 Oct. 2022
  • And the active roll bars and Bilstein adaptive dampers rein-in body roll and keep things level.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2022
  • These were rather subtle gestures in the grand scheme of things from a frontman who refuses to rein it in.
    Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2022
  • As a result, investors are urging Tesla’s board to rein Musk in.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 24 Apr. 2023
  • In fact, the only thing that national leadership has ever done for the rest of the gang is to sort of rein them in when the optics look bad.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2022
  • But after misjudging inflation for most of last year, the Fed’s plan to rein it back in could backfire.
    Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
  • But the solution to this dilemma is not to fight the militias directly or compel the Iraqi government to rein them in.
    Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
  • But advertisers, users and perhaps lenders may rein him in if Congress does not first tighten the rules.
    Alexandra Olson and Maryclaire Dale, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Several steps should be taken to rein in the spread of Candida auris, Faust said.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022
  • In its epic battle to rein in inflation, the Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate five times this year.
    Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2022
  • That cleared the way for the legislature to rein in the governor's emergency powers.
    Bruce Schreiner, ajc, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The board, the attorneys argued, had no power to rein in Cavanaugh, who was elected by voters.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 8 Feb. 2023
  • LinkedIn became the latest tech company to lay off employees to rein back costs.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 9 May 2023
  • Once the debt is wiped away, what we're left with is the gnarly reality that tuition costs are out of control, with no magic bullet to rein them in.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Take advantage of that before people start to rein in their spending.
    Jon Picoult, Forbes, 7 June 2022
  • That works against the central bank’s aim to slow spending and rein in inflation by raising rates enough to tighten the flow of money in the economy.
    Akane Otani, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
  • View Photos An engine that can punt a car forward with the force of this V-8 requires brakes that are equally forceful when reining a car in.
    Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 4 July 2023
  • For others, the arrests seemed like a necessary step to rein in county leaders who many believed had been skirting the rules.
    New York Times, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Why has value reined supreme throughout much of history?
    Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 21 June 2023
  • Climate advocacy groups have called on Biden to stay true to his pledge to rein in the production of fossil fuels.
    Jeff Stein, Anna Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2022
  • The concerns are mounting, and have forced Apple, Google and other tech giants to begin taking steps to rein in the sale of consumer data.
    Maryclaire Dale, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2022

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