Bridled
[braɪdld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Bridle
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Examples
- Amy bridled up at this insult, and determined to find out the secret, if she teased for an hour. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- At this consolatory reflection, Mrs. Cluppins bridled up, and smiled at Mrs. Sanders, who smiled back again. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- To my checked, bridled, disciplined expectation, it seemed very kind: to my longing and famished thought it seemed, perhaps, kinder than it was. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- As he finished mending the pens, a horse, saddled and bridled, was brought up to the garden-gate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Miss Eliza bridled, muttered something about our sex's envy, and declared that she had proposed leaving me herself. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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