Sentence examples for bring to heel from inspiring English sources

"There are so many people who are very difficult to bring to heel," he said.

That was the institution Thatcher and her political hatchet-men were determined to bring to heel.

At the same time, greater targeted sanctions and asset freezes are needed to bring to heel Chinese individuals and entities that are currently complicit in Iran's nuclear advances.

He was notable, in particular, for doing nothing to bring to heel the country's huge natural-gas monopoly, Gazprom, the company he used to run (see article).

To accomplish that task, it had to bring to heel many of the warlords the C.I.A. had paid during and after the 2001 invasion.

This dip in morale tracks a dip in the military's popularity, itself the result of government efforts to bring to heel an organization that had long been a law unto itself.

The policies brought to heel runaway inflation.

Eventually, the galloping, galumphing animal is brought to heel.

And they won't be brought to heel.

They would have to be "brought to heel," he added.

Some actors just can't be brought to heel.