How to Use rein in in a Sentence

rein in

phrasal verb
  • In many cases, the Grizzlies let go of the reins in the fourth quarter.
    — Clay Bailey, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Europe has moved ahead of the US in its efforts to rein in tech.
    — Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Some took it as a sign that Trump might rein in his attack dog.
    — Simon Shuster, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Some of his freestyle tendencies will need to be reined in. 8.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
  • His daughter, who took the party reins in 2011, kicked him out.
    — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • There have been lots of proposals from people on the left over the past few years to rein in the Roberts court.
    — Perry Bacon Jr., Washington Post, 10 July 2024
  • But maybe taxing cow farts will help rein in emissions that warm the globe?
    — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 27 June 2024
  • More than 100 lawsuits have been filed in an effort to rein in Trump.
    — arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2025
  • That did not stop the chorus of voices calling for the agency to be reined in.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025
  • In the past, central banks often relied on growth to rein in debt.
    — Iese Business School, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The Amazon suit isn’t Khan’s only effort to rein in Big Tech.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 16 Oct. 2023
  • In practice, this type of model has had mixed results and struggles to rein in the cost of health care.
    — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
  • But with electrons reined in, photons could shoot out through the cosmos.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Investors still expect the Fed to hike rates one—if not two—more times this year to rein in price pressures.
    — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 30 June 2023
  • You may be tempted to rein in your roses before winter winds whip through and piles of snow bend the canes to the ground.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Trump had to rein in Musk in that case, siding with Rubio and bringing the two men together to keep the peace.
    — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Floyd’s murder fueled protests across the country and efforts to rein in the police.
    — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 31 July 2024
  • The Biden administration hoped to rein in the Israeli answer to the strikes.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Congress wanted to pass a bill that was going to rein in big pharma.
    — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
  • But the elephant in the room is reining in hospitals, which make up the largest portion of U.S. health care spending.
    — Rachel Cohrs, STAT, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Slashing just the parts of the budget the House proposals focus on would do little to rein in the deficit as other costs rise.
    — Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Morgan Stanley isn’t the first bank to come under fire for allegedly failing to rein in the rich.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Netanyahu’s allies say the plan is needed to rein in the power of unelected judges.
    — Tia Goldenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023
  • Netanyahu's allies say the plan is needed to rein in the power of unelected judges.
    — Josef Federman, USA TODAY, 15 July 2023
  • Yet these initial attempts to rein in the use of lead eventually ran into the LIA.
    — Stephen Mihm, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
  • And the team has spent the last few months focused on reining in some of those performance issues, trying to make Arc both fun and fast.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 25 July 2023
  • Many began to blame the mother for not reining in her child’s behavior.
    — Chris Lau, CNN, 24 June 2023
  • Proponents said the law will rein in sky-high drug prices and corporate tax deadbeats.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023
  • Amid skepticism that Wisconsin will rein in campaign spending, there may be some reason for optimism.
    — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The appeal is the latest instance of the administration urging the high court to rein in federal district judges who have blocked aspects of Trump’s agenda erected with executive power.
    — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025

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