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• Break out the cables from the harness once they are inside the frame.From the entry break out
• Make sure your parachute harness is securely fastened before you bail out!From the entry bail out
• Even with a safety harness, losing one's grip that high up is disconcerting.From the entry disconcerting
• You need to attach the carabiner to your harness.From the entry attach
• The purpose of a value-added tax is to harness a portion of the added value in a commercial value chain and apply it to the public purse.From the entry added value
• Harnessing this potential could position the wood sector as a driver of economic transformation and green growth.2026 June 12, Jane Mutune, Peter Minang, “Building a resilient wood-based bioeconomy in Africa”, in Forest News. From the entry wood
• Some decided in the wake of this success to harness Glonzo for good.2026 June 17, Cameron Cummins-Smith, “Everything is Glonzo now”, in Liberal Currents, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2026. From the entry glonzo
• She bought a new strap just for us — a purple one with a Black harness.2021 November 8, Addie Tsai, AKALAC, “To Strap Or Not To Strap — That Is The Question”, in Autostraddle, archived from the original on 08…. From the entry strap
• Remember that harness Timothée Chalamet wore to the Oscars last year?2020, Justin Kirkland, “Fits for a Queen: A RuPaul's Drag Race Style Review”, in Esquire. From the entry skinny legend
• He had a man bun, pseudo-Viking style, and was wearing a tool belt and a harness.2019, Kate Atkinson, Big Sky, →ISBN, page 113. From the entry man bun
• How can English teachers harness the power of nonfiction to inspire girls to be STEMinists?2018, NCTE Annual Convention Program, page 66. From the entry STEMinist
• “The shipmind has harnessed as much thoughtpower as it can,” said the scienceman.2015, D. S. Brown, Champion, AuthorHouse, →ISBN. From the entry scienceman
• Richard replied bluntly as the safety harness automatically clamshelled comfortably around his hips and shoulders.2013, Martyn Jones, Falling Through the Stars. From the entry clamshell
• They uncoil the rope and tie bowlines to clip into their harnesses.2013, Christopher White, The Melting World: A Journey Across America’s Vanishing Glaciers, →ISBN. From the entry bald spot
• One question is whether nudges can be designed to harness existing social norms.2012 March 24, “Nudge nudge, think think”, in The Economist. From the entry nudge
• Charlotteans produced iron, tobacco, doors, spokes and handles, wagons, carriages, harnesses and marble works.2009 April 28, Mary Kratt, Charlotte, North Carolina: A Brief History, History Press, →ISBN. From the entry uptown
• Local knowledge, experience, and traditions of NRM are valuable assets when harnessed for research and action.2006, Stephen R. Tyler, Comanagement of Natural Resources, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry NRM
• Also, he probably attends harness races, for he once accidentally left a dope sheet behind.2002, Walt McConville, Trabler Travel Tales, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry dope sheet
• Earthian flight engineers have harnessed chemicals and fire and are hoping to harness the atom.1989 November-December [1960], Robert Morison, “Driving Whirlwinds”, in The Journal of Borderland Research, volume XLV, number 6…. From the entry contragravitic
• Also, he must always use the approved safety harness, or "monkey strap" as it is commonly called.1970, U.S. Army Aviation Center, U.S. Army Aviation School (contributors), United States Army Aviation Digest - Volume 16, page 11. From the entry monkey strap
• It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe.1945 August 6, Harry S. Truman, “Statement by the President Announcing the Use of the A-Bomb at Hiroshima”, in UVA Miller Center…. From the entry atomic bomb
• Country harness costs nearly as much, lasts half the time, and is in every respect inferior.1937, Brigadier-General H. A. Young, The East India Company’s Arsenals & Manufactories. From the entry country
• There is a second harness in the Museum at Munich (No. xvii.).1928, The Connoisseur, [volumes 81-82], page 13. From the entry rest of advantage
• He developed a piezoelectric device that harnesses energy from heat, movement and pressure – all which occur naturally in the environment.2021 July 26, Isabelle Gerretsen, “How pedestrians are lighting homes in Sierra Leone”, in BBC Future. From the entry piezoelectric
• I built an anchor, tied her a diaper harness with a sling, and clipped both of us in.2019 March 6, Drew Hardesty, “Life, Death, and PTSD as a Ranger in the Tetons”, in Outside, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2021. From the entry diaper harness
• If your dog is a puller, try attaching your leash to the front chest clip on her harness.2017, Kyra Sundance, Dog Training 101, page 84. From the entry puller
• Jeffery had learned to harness the sulkie, and he pulled two of them around and asked Ray which horse he wanted.2014, Joy Treptow McCarthy, Searching. From the entry sulkie
• It means wearing a climbing harness and using ascendeurs.2013, Alastair Buchan, The Atlantic Sailor's Handbook, →ISBN, page 71. From the entry ascendeur
• Every job can and must be creatified; every worker must be able to harness his or her own inner entrepreneur.2012, Richard [L.] Florida, “Every Single Human Being is Creative”, in The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited, New York, N.Y.: Basic…. From the entry creatify
• Unlike their conventional counterparts, practitioners of alternative medicine often excel at harnessing the placebo effect, says Dr Ernst.2011 May 19, “Think yourself better”, in The Economist, →ISSN. From the entry alternative medicine
• He was barefoot, but he was wearing his climbing harness and was attached to Telperion with a rope.2007, Richard Preston, “Detonation Zone”, in The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN. From the entry ladder
• Bush in full military flight suit, with his ejector harness giving him the worst moose knuckle in presidential history.2005, Benjamin Tripp, Square in the Nuts, →ISBN, page 92. From the entry moose knuckle
• Jeff and I slipped on diaper harnesses.2005, Ken Lamberton, Beyond Desert Walls: Essays from Prison, University of Arizona Press, page 34. From the entry diaper harness
• In a harness belay, the stance itself is the belayer's first line of defense, reducing the load the anchor must hold.2004, Mark Houston, Kathy Cosley, “Snow and Ice”, in Alpine Climbing: Techniques to Take You Higher, Seattle, Wash.: The Mountaineers…. From the entry stance

Meaning of harness

1. noun A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
2. noun A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function: a wiring harness.
3. noun The complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; armour in general.

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How do you use harness in a sentence?

Harness is used as a noun and verb. For example: “They harnessed the horse to the post.”

What is a short sentence with harness?

“Jeff and I slipped on diaper harnesses.”

What does harness mean?

Harness means a restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.