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Example sentences for: rein

How can you use “rein” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

McCain-Feingold attempts to rein in political spending by corporations and unions through expanding the definition of "express advocacy."
To the dismay of Franco diehards, the king brilliantly managed the transition to democracy, then stood back to allow it full rein, even intervening during a brief attempt at a military coup.
If Hamanaka had really been nothing more than an employee run wild, one could not really fault regulators for failing to rein him in; that would have been his employer's job.
Whether the northern tribes made the pass difficult to defend by their constant raiding is still debated by scholars, but it is known that the local inhabitants weren’t willing to give the Romans free rein over the whole territory.
FDR could do this not just because of his sense of noblesse oblige but because he had policies to propose that would rein in the rich.