How to Use take the reins in a Sentence

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• Word out of Green Bay is Love is ready to take the reins.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
• Guest bartenders take the reins here, and the soundtrack is heavy on hip-hop.
  — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2023
• During the game, Atkinson let his players take the reins a bit.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
• There was no flashy sign-on, no new local DJ to take the reins as the frequency changed hands.
  — Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
• Hand select samples and full-sized products or let the brand's experts take the reins for you based on an in-depth quiz.
  — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 4 Oct. 2022
• But starting in 2018, the family decided to take the reins.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2024
• Jon Stewart sat behind the satirical news desk until 2015, when Noah was tapped to take the reins.
  — Christina Dugan Ramirez, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2023
• By weekend’s end, the quarterback Riley once expected to take the reins was on his way out.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• So to take the reins 20 years later and get to try my own version of this guy is really meaningful and special.
  — Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
• That said, the coaching staff never appeared to put their full confidence in Conover to truly take the reins after Hall left.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
• So Islas, named captain before the turmoil, decided to help take the reins.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
• Will the Frogs land a capable quarterback in the transfer portal or will Chandler Morris take the reins in 2023?
  — Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2022
• The current thinking is that business leaders educated abroad might be the right fit to take the reins of civil affairs in Gaza.
  — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
• Let Stanley Tucci take the reins with this best-selling foray into Italian food.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022
• New associate head coach and defensive coordinator Jay Hill was at the bowl game, awaiting his turn to take the reins of this team.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
• That’s a sentiment shared by other former Wildcats watching their ex-assistant coach take the reins at their rival.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 30 Dec. 2022
• Hogue, the insurance analyst, suggests that consumers take the reins and compare choices on HealthCare.gov, perhaps with the help of a navigator or broker.
  — Dallas News, 27 Oct. 2022
• The Sister Wives star, 52, opened up about how a recent road trip inspired her to take the reins after a challenging few years that included her separation from husband Kody Brown.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
• Phil Jurkovec comes to Pittsburgh to take the reins at quarterback after a productive but injury-plagued career at Boston College.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
• Although there is no evidence yet that there will be any clear indication of a successor, many will be watching for signs about who might eventually take the reins from Xi.
  — Rhoda Kwan, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2022
• The hearing marked a turning point in Amtrak’s attempt to take the reins of the station’s operations and management to pursue multibillion-dollar investments.
  — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
• Truss, who is expected to take the reins from Johnson after his government collapsed under a pile of scandals earlier this summer, has vowed to jumpstart the economy by slashing taxes.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022
• That's exactly why romance reality skeptic and Grammy Award-winning artist Jennifer Nettles decided to take the reins as host.
  — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2023
• But he is set to take the reins of an institution under scrutiny over corruption allegations and a slow-moving counteroffensive in Ukraine’s southeast.
  — Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
• Sting has become the latest musician to sell his musical catalog, allowing Universal to take the reins in a deal reportedly worth nearly $300 million.
  — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 10 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 1 Sep 2024