bridled's Usage Examples:

The meaning of this cult is, of course, reinterpreted in the Gnostic sense: by this unbridled prostitution the Gnostic sects desired to prevent the sexual propagation of mankind, the origin of all evil.

Until 1846 the country enjoyed peace under the just and liberal rule of Zahir-ud-din, the Chinese governor, but in that year a fresh Khoja revolt under Kath Tora led to his making himself master of the city, with circumstances of unbridled licence and oppression.

On the 20th of July 1651 Lambert defeated the Royalists at Inverkeithing; Forth no longer bridled Cromwell; Leslie was sure to be outflanked, and, with Charles, he evaded Cromwell, marched into the heart of England (unaccompanied by Argyll), and was defeated and taken, while Charles made a marvellous escape at Worcester (3rd of September 1651).

The horse is hardly known, and his place is taken by the ox, which is regularly bridled and saddled and ridden with all dignity.

Later in the same year Echegaray won a popular triumph with La Esposa del vengador, in which the good and bad qualities-the clever stagecraft and unbridled extravaganceof his later work are clearly noticeable.

Such critics usually have little to offer as a clarion call beyond the shrill cry for evermore unbridled liberty.

I'll bet you a night of unbridled ecstasy against a week of doing dishes that they end up in the sack.

He bridled Connaught by a castle at Athlone, and Munster by a garrison at Leighlin Bridge.

Moreover, in the unbridled exercise of speculation, the number of divine beings was increased indefinitely; and these fantastic accessions to l Olympus in the system of Iamblichus show that Greek philosophy 'is returning to mythology, and that nature-religion is still a power in the world.

This he was able to do, as a moderate Lutheran, whose calmness and common sense contrasted advantageously with the unbridled violence of his contemporaries.

Synonyms:

noseband, cheekpiece, headpiece, bit, harness, rein, headstall, nosepiece, headgear,

Antonyms:

intemperance, unrestraint, give, encourage, enable,