Eric drew rein and looked, and his heart swelled within him at the sight of the place where he was born.
And leaping from his horse, he slung the rein over his arm, and grasped his friend's hand.
Bruce, laying his hand upon the bridle-rein of his faithful and loyal retainer; “knowest thou not that these English forests secrete hostile ears, to whom thy wild cry wouldst betray us?
It was some while before the whites really recognized this drift of the negro towards segregation, when many of them--especially the wives and mothers--gave the rein to much unreasonable resentment.
He is too tart in rejoinder, and too much gives the rein to invective.
In rounding a corner a loop of an inch or two of the leaders' rein on the side to which the turn is to be made is taken up by the right hand and placed under the left thumb.
Surely the distance between them increased, And the shouts of the troopers had long since ceased, One after another pulled his rein And rode with great oaths to the camp again.
Then the good steed's rein she took, and his neck did kiss and stroke:-- Toll slowly.
And he left the rein to that trusty steed, And rode from the fatal fray; But he gave to his erring path no heed, And he missed the well-known way.
By unspoken agreement we drew rein to survey a desolation that was still immaculate.
Holding her bridle rein daintily she was with the lace handkerchief I'd give her that cost me twelve fifty.
Nearing a corral which loomed up ahead, he pulled rein and went on at a walk, his brilliant eyes searching the surroundings with a thoroughness that missed nothing.
He critically regarded the dimples, while he replied that he had drawn rein to slay the sheriff but, knowing that it would cost him more valuable time, he had consented with himself to postpone the event.
Jimmy drewrein and slid to a stand, pricking his nettlesome "Calico" until it pranced to suit him.
See you later," and the youth wheeled and loped toward the trail, but drew rein when hidden from the "Retreat" by some buildings.
Bill drewrein at the wagon and removed his sombrero.
Reaching the square Sammy drew rein suddenly and watched a horseman who was riding away from the "Retreat.
Presently he drew reinand muttered a call to Snipe, and the lad spurred up alongside.
One rein is torn from his grasp, but the captor gains nothing, for before he can reach pommel or stirrup, two long-legged Yankees are on him, and he is dragged back into the light.
The man at its head was perhaps not attending to it, for the sudden pull he gave the rein only precipitated the fall.
Farther on, as he sat pondering deeply and letting the leaders choose their course, a horseman came cantering toward him, and drew rein beside his wheel.
The next moment, Dallas saw him rein in his team and spring to his feet.
Thus the procession set forth, Gillian with poor drooping Bruno's rein in one hand and the other on the bicycle, and the Captain gallantly drawing the carriage with Kalliope seated in the midst.
After the silken rein and easy amble of Silverfold, the spur and the race have come severely.
Two young people, flushed and smiling, drew rein and looked at each other.
During her long ride this afternoon she had dared for the first time to give rein to thoughts that had hitherto been held in check.
For a boy he was one of the best riders in South Africa, and needed no rein to steady him.
Hendrik dismounted, hooked his rein over one of these forks; rested his yager across another; and then, sighting the shaft of the arrow, pulled trigger.
She was keeping the maddened horse more or less in the road, and was sawing with valorous strength on one rein while she held the other steady.
Before the driver could lighten the pull on the remaining rein its impulse had jerked the horse's low-laid head far to one side.
I also killed one; but could with difficulty rein in my horse while I reloaded my rifle.
I was about to return for the remainder of the meat, to dry it in this way, when the rein came down.
It was some minutes before Timbo could rein in his horse, and we had to shout and shout to him to return.
It feels ever so much nicer without it; it's so silly to be always led along by a rein like a baby.
The rein (there was only one) was also of plaited leather and fastened at the base of the horns.
Fortunately I had twisted the rein so well round my wrist this time that the reindeer could not run away without me, and he stopped after I had been dragged a few seconds.
Jon handed me the reinand twisted it round my wrist, and said with a rather roguish smile: "Now, if you upset, the reindeer cannot run away without you!
This time the rein slipped from my wrist, as I had not secured it well enough, and the animal sped away, leaving me on my back, blinded by the snow.
Fortunately I had undone the twist of my rein round my wrist, for I did not wish to be dragged against a tree in case I did upset.
If you want the reindeer to stop, throw the rein to the left.
Springing on his pony, Jack touched it with his spurs and galloped ahead, and did not draw rein again till he had ridden a good five miles.
They were reluctant to go for they knew that beyond the Gap lay water but Two-Bits slapped his chaps with rein ends and whooped and chased them until the van of the procession moved on in the desired direction.
He had stopped driving and held only a steady, even rein to keep his ponies from stumbling, while he let the tough, willing little Canadian blacks pick their own road.
It needed only the excited, happy touch of her hand to set Brom Bones whirling up the road, for the big colt understood her ways and moods and followed them better than he would have followed whip or rein of another.
At the critical moment I pull the right rein with all my force.
Whereupon Jane will race madly down the right-hand road for the first time, I pulling steadily at the left rein to keep up appearances, and I shall at last realise my wishes.
He chucked the reinto the hostler, and in reply to a question what oats should be given to the horse, said, "Hay and water; the beast is on job.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rein" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
