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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:

Interviewed by the British Journalism Review about the extent of his personal interference in the editorial policies of his newspapers, which include the Independent , Tony O'Reilly, chairman of the Heinz food company, said he gives his editors "absolutely free rein" provided they abide by "some general rules."
It said Gates has made his fortune primarily through his own ingenuity and that "American antitrust law should not be used solely to rein in large and successful firms and keep more complacent alternatives in business."
The raunchy patter between Eastwood and James Woods as his editor in chief might have made for classic scenes if the former had known how to rein in the latter: Woods has ballooned into such a self-congratulatory grotesque that he now upstages his own blowhard characters.
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.
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.