Reigning in a sentence as an adjective

You could blame his friends for not reigning him in.

This is how we'll get legislation passed reigning in the NSA.

Makes sense as to why Obama ****-flopped on reigning in the NSA.

Beta chimps don't have the ability to easily ****** the reigning alpha chimp in his sleep.

Make a single statement that stirs the ire of the reigning corporate thought police and you're done for, no matter how innocuous it may or may not be.

An excerpt:I believe our single biggest mistake from a technical side was not reigning in our use Django ORM earlier in our applications life.

Speaking as a Texan, I do not recall seeing any evidence that, in his former role as Attorney General for Texas, he was serious about reigning in prosecutorial abuse.

It has a theocracy founded on a religion invented by its reigning family, it has profound poverty, it is militant and provocative in a way that overshadows even Iran.

"Primary challengers who uphold the other values you personally share, but also share our values on the subject of privacy, the 4th amendment, reigning in the expanding police/surveillance state, etc.

Reigning definitions

adjective

exercising power or authority

See also: regnant ruling