CONTROL in a Sentence
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362 example sentences for CONTROL, such as:
1. I can't control my eating.
2. He paused to control his voice.
3. Selden's voice was under better control.
4. The people at control have already begun to count down.
5. Regular physical activity helps to control your weight.
2. He paused to control his voice.
3. Selden's voice was under better control.
4. The people at control have already begun to count down.
5. Regular physical activity helps to control your weight.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CONTROL
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control
v. exercise authoritative control or power over
n. a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
Classic Sentence: (152 in 11 pages)
1 He paused to control his voice.
2 He was in his mid-thirties, older than any beau she had ever had, and she was as helpless as a child to control and handle him as she had handled beaux nearer her own age.
3 Heretofore she had never bothered to control her temper except in Ellen's presence.
4 Prissy had recovered her breath and a small measure of control but her eyes still rolled.
5 she began desperately, her courage and control breaking.
6 Any other Atlanta woman would have expired in rage at having to listen to such bigoted ignorance but Scarlett managed to control herself.
7 Sue had been the cause of her father's death, whether she intended it or not, and she should have the decency to control herself in front of the hostile neighbors.
8 For the greater part of three years, the state's capitol had remained in the control of white men and Democrats.
9 Only Ashley and Rhett eluded her understanding and her control for they were both adults, and the elements of boyishness were lacking in them.
10 Now that the Carpetbagger government has really gotten control of Georgia, there's no telling what may happen.
11 If the mills went from her control it would mean that she would seldom see Ashley and probably never see him alone.
12 She had first gotten out of control the months when she traveled with her father.
13 She rose to her feet abruptly, sinking her teeth into her thumb to regain her control.
14 She patted Aunt Pitty and went swiftly by her to the front door, knowing if she stayed in this room another minute her control would crack.
15 Selden's voice was under better control.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He's walking into a situation that he absolutely can't control.
2 The key to a happy life is to accept you are never actually in control.
3 Regular physical activity helps to control your weight.
4 They have to wait for clearance from air traffic control.
5 The people at control have already begun to count down.
6 To hedge around a partnership of love with control by law would be to destroy its base of trust in one another.
7 The teacher could not keep control of the class any longer.
8 The government denies that any of its territory is under rebel control.
9 She has lost her battle to retain control of the company.
10 Driving the Jaguar gave him a feeling of total control, effortless superiority.
11 Maybe there's something fate can't touch, fate doesn't control how easily you come to peace.
12 Routine maintenance of the garden consists of keeping weeds under control.
13 I can't control my eating.
14 When a company goes out of business, officials usually move in to take control.
15 It is anger that is repressed that leads to violence and loss of control.