Sentence examples for was harnessed from inspiring English sources
verb
To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.
- They harnessed the horse to the post.
Soon the stone was harnessed.
Talent was harnessed to vaulting ambition.
Noise was harnessed rather than unleashed, so that every action felt weighed against its consequences.
William's stream was harnessed five years ago and has already made his money back.
Salahuddin described himself as a "time bomb," whose raging anger was harnessed by the Iranian government.
At the same time, this society was fiercely modernising; technology was harnessed in the service of antique values.
After some rest in the cool of his stall, Big Brown was harnessed for the walk to a monitoring zone.
Russia's preparations are reminiscent of the old Soviet days when the whole state was harnessed to transform a city.
It makes sense, somehow, that he would seek out a composer whose work was harnessed for Looney Tunes.
That sexual energy was harnessed by Horn for Relax, four minutes (16 on the tumescent 12in Sex Mix) of pulsating shagtronica.
That energy poured out and was harnessed and turned into engines and rockets and aeroplanes and central heating and motor cars, unleashing this wave of incredible creativity.
