He really did sound like a leader straining at the leash for battle.

We were no longer attack dogs straining at the leash.

Jack was straining at the leash, pulling her toward the door.

He was like a hunting dog straining at the leash.

Again he had the sense that the main body's ships were straining at the leash.

They're impatient, straining at the leash to start another argument!

He has both sides now straining at the leash to prove they can offer his members the best deal.

Only twelve soldiers were still able to fight, but they weren't exactly straining at the leash.

Yet, at the same time, both are straining at the leash.

Indeed, the dog was straining at the leash, hackles raised.

My Leading regiments are turning over and straining at the leash.

Today, clearly enough, discipline was straining at the leash.

To be fair to the regulators, it is not like banks are straining at the leash.

Dom was straining at the leash, the excitement already building up in him.

Grinning, Papa pulled toward the gate, straining at the leash.

Again, which came out in 2006, featured him with a pit bull straining at the leash.

Here's the same elderly man walking his dog, who strains at the leash and barks.

To the judge's surprise, the fledgling regional companies began straining at the leash almost immediately.

The dog continues to strain at the leash.

Once there, how my spirit will strain at the leash of my body, to be off and away, over the hills!

A young couple gingerly enter, Labradors straining at the leash.

The big dog was straining at the leash as the two Chittendens came out upon the terrace.

You have a singer straining at the leash.

You are straining at the leash, all eagerness to lend the young master a helping hand.