Sentence examples for rides herd from inspiring English sources
(A Wendy for the 21st century, she rides herd on the lost boys but doesn't do their laundry).
Margalo Gillmore is cool and astringent as a vindictive society dame and Harry Bellaver is gawky and amusing as the bailiff who rides herd on the lot.
The Assembly rides herd over the U.N.'s administrative functions, sets its internal agenda, and can also pass resolutions, which may have political influence but have no standing as law and no power of enforcement.
With acerbic wit, a Washington-honed sense of politics and a reputation for candor that can be painful to the unprepared, Mr. Zarb put his stamp on the financial oversight board that rides herd on Nassau County's books.
"This was a drinking street, not a jazz street," declared Mr. McCaffrey, who is 64 years old and now rides herd over the bar at Sassy's, a smart Italian restaurant over on 55th.
Riding herd on any teenager presents challenges.
What, exactly, did "ride herd" mean?
"He said that Condi would ride herd on this process.
But he uses needling humor to ride herd on lawyers.
By Friday, the government appeared to be struggling to ride herd on the journalists.
