The word control in a sentence

Synonym: check, command, contain, curb, influence, master, restrain. Similar words: out of control, under control, control group, beyond control, controversy, controversial, on the contrary, contrast. Meaning: [kən’trəʊl]  n. 1. power to direct or determine 2. a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another 3. (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc 4. a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment 5. the activity of managing or exerting control over something 6. the state that exists when one person or group has power over another 7. discipline in personal and social activities 8. great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity 9. the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. 10. a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine 11. a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance. v. 1. exercise authoritative control or power over 2. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits 3. handle and cause to function 4. control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one’s advantage 5. verify or regulate by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard, of scientific experiments 6. verify by using a duplicate register for comparison 7. be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something 8. have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of. 

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1. Perhaps you can’t control your job, but you may be able to make other changes in your life. 

2. How do you operate the remote control unit?

3. You must learn to control your temper.

4. The rebels had taken complete control.

5. Use pressure to control the bleeding .

6. The bomb was detonated by remote control.

7. It seems that the disease is now under control.

8. Radical left-wing parties gained control of local authorities.

9. The Democrats will probably lose control of Congress.

10. The heating system has an automatic temperature control.

11. He could not control his passion.

12. The plane was spinning out of control.

13. He lost all control of himself.

14. A military junta took control of the country.

15. He was in control of the car.

16. The police were in complete control of the situation.

17. The costs of pollution control must be considered.

18. take control of your own desting.

19. Control has been vested in local authorities.

20. Use this technique to control your level of arousal.

21. Industry rarely thrives under government control.

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22. He tried wiggling the control stick but nothing happened.

23. Army officers said the situation was under control.

24. Weeds should be kept under strict control.

25. The police kept the mob under control.

26. He must learn to control his temper.

27. She appeared unannounced and took control of the meeting.

28. She called for closer cooperation on drugs control.

29. The disease robs you of muscle control.

30. The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts. 

More similar words: out of control, under control, control group, beyond control, controversy, controversial, on the contrary, contrast, contract, contribute, by contrast, contributor, contractor, contrast to, contribute to, contribution, contretemps, to the contrary, patrol, introduce, introspect, introduction, introspection, contend, contain, context, contest, confront, continue, concentrate. 

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  1. Distance between their bit patterns. With the other special characters and,

    control

    ,codes filled in, ASCII was published as ASA X3.4-1963,leaving 28 code
  2. From Georgia carried the state, the region, and the nation, but Democratic,

    control

    ,of the region slipped after that. Since 1980,conservative Alabama voters have
  3. City of Window. Within Algeria, dissent was rarely tolerated, and the state’s,

    control

    ,over the media and the outlawing of political parties other than the FLN was
  4. Joined Galt’s strike when the American medical system was put under government,

    control

    , *Tiny Holloway is one of the» looters» and is frequently referred to and
  5. Reports that he was disappointed with the direction the academy took after,

    control

    ,passed to Plato’s nephew Speusippus upon his death, although it is possible
  6. Such as waste disposal to land use zoning. Alabama is an alcoholic beverage,

    control

    ,state; the government holds a monopoly on the sale of alcohol. However
  7. Discussions with his cabinet revealed Lincoln planned short term military,

    control

    ,over southern states, until readmission under the

    control

    of southern Unionists
  8. That do not include carriage return, line feed or white space as non-whitespace,

    control

    ,characters. Except for the

    control

    characters that prescribe elementary
  9. Movement of peasants and workers, supported by armed militias, took,

    control

    , of Barcelona and of large areas of rural Spain where they collectivized the
  10. Diverse following of Bohemian artists and intellectuals, free love and birth,

    control

    ,advocates (see Anarchism and issues related to love and sex),individualist
  11. Laws discriminated against women: for example, marriage laws and anti-birth,

    control

    ,measures. But also there existed Ezra Heywood and Angela Heywood’s The Word (
  12. Other new characters (the brace and vertical line characters),renaming some,

    control

    ,characters (SOME became start of header (SO) ) and moving or removing others
  13. Took large majorities of both chambers of the state legislature giving them,

    control

    ,of that body for the first time in 136 years. However, Democrats hold one of
  14. In 1857–58,Douglas broke with President Buchanan, leading to a fight for,

    control

    ,of the Democratic Party. Some eastern Republicans even favored the reelection
  15. The end-of-text code, ETX aka Control-C, was inappropriate and using Z as the,

    control

    ,code to end a file is analogous to it ending the alphabet, a very convenient
  16. Control code. There was some debate at the time whether there should be more,

    control

    ,characters rather than the lower case alphabet. The indecision did not last
  17. UTF-8 to be backward compatible with ASCII, a significant advantage. ASCII,

    control

    ,characters ASCII reserves the first 32 codes (numbers 0–31 decimal) for
  18. The original ASCII standard used only short descriptive phrases for each,

    control

    ,character. The ambiguity this caused was sometimes intentional (where a
  19. Characters ASCII reserves the first 32 codes (numbers 0–31 decimal) for,

    control

    ,characters: codes originally intended not to represent printable information
  20. Cabinet and pressured them to cooperate. Under his leadership, the Union took,

    control

    ,of the border slave states at the start of the war and tried repeatedly to
  21. Fort Sumter, Lincoln soon realized the importance of taking immediate executive,

    control

    ,of the war and making an overall strategy to put down the rebellion. Lincoln
  22. Bolsheviks, and the family fled to the Crimea, which was initially under the,

    control

    ,of the White Army during the Russian Civil War. She later recalled that while
  23. Its paper),and character 8 represents» backspace «. RFC 2822 refers to,

    control

    ,characters that do not include carriage return, line feed or white space as
  24. Any assigned meaning, reserved for future standardization, and one unassigned,

    control

    ,code. There was some debate at the time whether there should be more

    control
  25. Short term military

    control

    over southern states, until readmission under the,

    control

    ,of southern Unionists. Redefining the republic and republicanism The successful
  26. Operation or to exit (terminate) altogether. The inherent ambiguity of many,

    control

    ,characters, combined with their historical usage, created problems when
  27. Uniform, and has been described as» impervious to thought «. Mags seizes,

    control

    ,of Project X and accidentally destroys it, demolishing the country’s last
  28. Cursor «. That latter interpretation is the most common now. Many more of the,

    control

    ,codes have been given meanings quite different from their original ones. The »
  29. The Berbers became independent again in many regions, while the Vandals took,

    control

    ,over other areas, where they remained until expelled by the Byzantine general
  30. Variation, so the @ was placed in position 0x40 next to the letter A. The,

    control

    ,codes felt essential for data transmission were the start of message (SOME)
  31. Of anarchism emphases negative liberty,i.e. opposition to state or social,

    control

    ,over the individual, while those in the social wing emphasize positive liberty
  32. Of identification. The first two columns (32 positions) were reserved for,

    control

    ,characters. The» space» character had to come before graphics to make sorting
  33. Since the original standard did not give detailed interpretation for most,

    control

    ,codes, interpretations of this code varied. The original Teletype meaning, and
  34. Digits, and from 11 to 25 special graphic symbols. To include all these, and,

    control

    , characters compatible with the Comte Consultation International Telephone et
  35. Line feed or white space as non-whitespace

    control

    characters. Except for the,

    control

    ,characters that prescribe elementary line-oriented formatting, ASCII does not
  36. Both wrote accounts of their experiences in Russia, criticizing the amount of,

    control

    ,the Bolsheviks exercised. For them,Bakunin’s predictions about the
  37. Working too hard. Lincoln had learned from General Winfield Scott the need to,

    control

    ,strategic points, such as the Mississippi River; and he also knew well the
  38. Under Union

    control

    , with exemptions specified for areas already under Union,

    control

    ,in two states. Once the abolition of slavery in the rebel states became a
  39. Increasingly competitive in Alabama politics at many levels. They currently,

    control

    ,both seats in the U. S. Senate and six out of the state’s seven congressional
  40. To resume sending, persists to this day in many systems as a manual output,

    control

    ,technique. On some systems Control-S retains its meaning but Control-Q is
  41. Brothers – Hardin (Hazer) and his older brother RUC Was – who took,

    control

    ,of Algiers in the early 16th century and turned it into the center of
  42. Codes originally intended not to represent printable information, but rather to,

    control

    ,devices (such as printers) that make use of ASCII, or to provide
  43. NOT),» who are you? » (WSU),» are you? » (RU),a reserved device,

    control

    ,(DC0),synchronous idle (SYNC),and acknowledge (ACK). These were
  44. ASCII includes definitions for 128 characters: 33 are non-printing,

    control

    ,characters (now mostly obsolete) that affect how text and space is processed;
  45. On January 1,1863,declared free the slaves in ten states not then under Union,

    control

    , with exemptions specified for areas already under Union

    control

    in two states.
  46. General John Pope. In 1874,the political coalition known as the Redeemers took,

    control

    ,of the state government from the Republicans, in part by suppressing the
  47. ESC, code 27),for example, was intended originally to allow sending other,

    control

    ,characters as literals instead of invoking their meaning. This is the same
  48. Between digital bit patterns and character symbols (i.e. grapheme and,

    control

    ,characters). This allows digital devices to communicate with each other and to
  49. Department and a strong supporter of Lincoln. Stanton ended corruption, took,

    control

    , of the telegraph and railroad systems in the war zones, supervised recruitment
  50. Typically set the eighth bit to 0. The code itself was patterned so that most,

    control

    ,codes were together, and all graphic codes were together, for ease of

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1.
that God is in control of your situation and you can see the


2.
that, we all wish we could have power to control every


3.
It’s a form of control, but it keeps order


4.
Most of our first jobs were in sweeping through houses: pest control, looking for suspicious activity, that sort of thing


5.
Forces not under our control create most of the problems


6.
For peace, joy and love to exist, we should control violence


7.
«They found they could control it with a helmet


8.
The word keep’ here means to guard and to control


9.
See the Pest Control Chart for other alternatives


10.
Over the years we create a self-image and when we face situations, which are as it is not under our control, we react based on this image

11.
«Venna?» he choked and took a long time recovering, nearly losing control of the boat


12.
Men need to learn to deal with stress through mental shielding which involves developing the ability to disengage from hostile comments and remain in control, first by achieving a calm, relaxed state, and then creating a mental shield between yourself and person responsible for causing stress


13.
Dietary and health related tips for Stress control


14.
Finally, avoid exposure to bright before bedtime because it signals the neurons that help control the sleep-wake cycle that it is time to awaken, not to sleep


15.
Her therapist thinks something similar, though instead he tells her that she is trying to gain control over her life by ironing clothes


16.
Will control fleas, larvae, and most chewing insects


17.
Jim Nichols Thousand Oaks, California in the United States has found that he can control whitefly with hot water


18.
Nichols has filed a patent application for a line of equipment that uses a brief exposure to extreme heat and hot water for the control of whitefly, aphids, mealybug, scale and mite infestations


19.
Here is a list of some spiders and how to control them on your plants and in the house: part of our eco-system


20.
To control, concentrate many times their more on the health of the soil and the health of the plant and less on controlling the red spiders

21.
You must control the ants since they herd aphids which produce nectar which the whiteflies love! See my web site entitled Dances with Ants


22.
You do not have to take control of the conversation; let your grandson steer it in a direction that interests him


23.
When dealing with diseases, it’s the cause that you must control, or cure, rather


24.
The same rules of pest control apply to disease controls, the higher the stress, the greater the problem associated with it and the harder it will be to control


25.
Control the insect populations in your areas


26.
Clay: Clay can be used as a fungal control


27.
The answer here is to control and keep fleas out of the house and off the pets and to reduce them


28.
This is a very strong combination and will kill and control many other insects as well as fleas


29.
Continual use of the dusts, sprays and vacuuming mentioned above will provide a form of birth control for fleas


30.
There are several new products on the market for flea control that works by applying a liquid on their backs and it is absorbed into their system

31.
Unable to keep still in my exasperation, I rise to my feet and move over to the wall where there is a poster about something or other … I stare at it blindly, annoyed with myself for losing control


32.
For long term control of fleas on your property, you must strive to constantly raise the energy level of your property


33.
It will be this diversity that will automatically control the infestation of any one insect


34.
Using Boric Acid: Boric acid can be used in the home to control fleas


35.
Tdehsi’s body was born to a hired mother by a father named Leand, a body with a stormy and tragic life until Ava gained control of it


36.
The aim here is not to censor but create a lobby of senior respected citizens who can prevail upon those in control to act when the boundary of decency is crossed


37.
Citronella is an incredible tool in cockroach control


38.
Once the event occurs our cooperation to authorities, encouraging the younger lot to provide help to the needy, taking some sort of control to prevent theft and arsons, regulate the crowd that usually collects and hampers rescue efforts and the doctors amongst us to provide urgent medical aid are some of the tasks we can take upon ourselves and thus be relevant for the society even at this age


39.
Boric acid powder is an excellent, safe (do not ingest! Keep away from cuts, wear gloves) control of roaches inside the home if used correctly


40.
To regain balance we must stop relying on chemicals to control our pests but instead rely more on maintaining a balanced ecosystem, diversity rich with bacteria and enzymes

41.
None of the workers had any muscular control of their faces


42.
Control the watering to avoid constantly wet wood


43.
Here are some natural dusts you can use around the house to control termites


44.
DE is one of the safest methods of providing termite control


45.
She was using all her control to keep herself from running in panic as it was, without some contact with real land, she wouldn’t have been able to maintain her control now


46.
Sorry it took me so long to get these beasts under control


47.
Then she asked, «but do you have them under control


48.
Stress is the most important factor in pest control


49.
Compost applications and avoidance of high nitrogen fertilizers will help to control in future


50.
Beneficial nematodes are highly recommended for this control

51.
Moles in the lawn: See the chapter on gopher control and follow same procedure


52.
Gophers in the lawn: See chapter on gopher control


53.
Proper nutrition is the KEY to natural pest control


54.
My will power in firm control, I had debated whether a long bath or a stimulating shower would be the best course of action so, my priority being to use up time, I opted for the former; taking a book with me, I had spent an hour in the bath up to my ears in hot water and soap bubbles


55.
Another method you can use to control pests on your roses is to bury tobacco around the base of your roses


56.
It is just the opposite, that most aphids are under the control of their ant masters


57.
I also have found it to be true that by controlling the ants, you obtain a greater control of the aphids that are attacking your roses, etc


58.
The ants control most if not all insect activity on plants that they have ‘adopted’


59.
Control these factors and you control the ants


60.
Quiet Control is what you seek

61.
She should stop trying to blame Tdeshi’s hormones and take control of the body Tdeshi left her


62.
This is a simple system that can become your most effective control method against the ants


63.
There is very little control on the setting up of NGOs


64.
There are many natural fungicides that are used to control Downey Mildew, Rust, Black Spot, Powdery Mildew and other exotic diseases, but by now you should get the idea that the basis for regaining the health of the roses and other plants is to regain the health of the soil


65.
The tree vents are an essential in pest control since the tobacco will kill any pests that are attacking it


66.
Tree Vents and TGM+ will control problem


67.
read the ant control chapter to best determine how to control the ants


68.
Control the cause and you control the effect


69.
First: We accept the hypothesis that there is a soul, and that that soul can be cognised by the person who can train and control the mind


70.
This Niyama encourages us to let go of our false sense of control and to connect to the Divine or that which gives us the sense of wholeness and sacredness

71.
Raised beds allow you greater control of the soil being used


72.
‘But it has really underlined to me how very premeditated the whole crime was … this isn’t a spur of the moment, loss of control thing at all


73.
Over 400,000 tons of pesticides are applied each year by American farmers with less than one-tenth of one percent actually reaching targeted pests! A main source of contamination of our soil, water, air and food, as well as being highly inefficient, this method of pest control places at risk the health of the farmer and consumer alike


74.
With this knowledge comes the search for safer, more effective methods of pest control


75.
control my anger without the


76.
You should always use a water filter to control unwanted bacteria, toxins, and/or chlorine)


77.
This allows liquids used in fungus control to work better and should be added to all fungus sprays


78.
He veers left, then right, then left again, losing control as he cuts over the median into oncoming traffic


79.
That nation of two hundred million deceased former Americans born in the mid to late 21st century were some of the first to win back control of their assets


80.
Some of them had resided in server vaults in big cities before the asteroids were colonized by robots under Angel control

81.
not resist, the Bible says that we can have control over the fear in our life


82.
She learned to control her lusts so that she could meet with the mortals, taking advice


83.
Their old ship could not be operated remotely, it was deliberately designed to need mortal control


84.
«The control panels in the Lula require that life support signal green and the buttons be pushed


85.
Dallas had never established control in the Northeast, instead it was ruled by gangsters calling themselves Judges


86.
She could swim right inside and thru the hallways toward the control console


87.
This ship was built in an era when some humans retained the idyllic fantasy that flesh and blood mortals had remained in control of civilization


88.
She had him virtually in-ear as she surveyed the control room like she was the starship captain from the propaganda films of her childhood


89.
control of this gate!


90.
He performed like any cherub would, but Ava had made the settings in here automatic so she didn’t have to get out his panel and control it

91.
dear sanctuary, but in that instant when Lucy felt that she might regain control of her


92.
They are under control of the forces of dark-


93.
out of control when one of the condemned men decides to resist the


94.
The problem with mind control, she had immediately realized, is the problem of ‘who controls the controller?’ It was one of those dilemmas of recursions, like ‘who created God’? If a device was capable of mind control, it had to be programmed, so the programmer could control it


95.
It was some kind of involuntary trauma response, beyond my conscious control


96.
It had to be operated, so the operator could control it


97.
Any one with a second device could control a person with the first, and so on, and on to infinity


98.
He had no control over the


99.
She had opened a special secret channel into it and could now monitor and control its activity directly


100.
‘Move, you lazy slob! Get off your ass and drive around’, and then she remembered she had root control of the You

1.
· Ability to realise that food choice and intake is controlled by external cues such as sight, smell etc


2.
It was almost like a time capsule, a time capsule from when pathogens were imperfectly controlled


3.
Deer, Rabbits and most wild life can be controlled by first understanding that they are living beings and have rights too


4.
Vinnie pulled out a small remote controlled device


5.
Vinnie pointed the remote controlled device at her grenades and pressed a button


6.
Slowly, she moved her hand away from the holopad that controlled the androids


7.
Their actions are controlled by certain factors in their environment


8.
Dreaming machines had been a controlled,


9.
the electronic equipment which controlled his vital rates


10.
He would need to be calm, controlled, no matter what

11.
His anger so controlled him that it was


12.
Given the nature of my captivity and the simple fact of guns and knives and men with tattooed arms, I also realised that my anger had to be controlled


13.
Presumably those who thought they controlled the Hammer would continue to get the same ‘all’s well’ and the hammer itself would continue to drift off course


14.
my sides aching with controlled


15.
She handed him the papers Berndt had prepared and watched as his until then calm and controlled expression suddenly reacted to what he read


16.
Even what farmers remain today sit in cabs of big equipment breathing filtered and temperature controlled air


17.
«I was sixteen years old, that’s two and a half decades here, before I found out that my parents were really androids, biomechanical devices which were being controlled by Angels, what you call ghosts


18.
Ethereead turned towards the rights and in a controlled


19.
I said out loud, «I knew it,» as if I had controlled her mind to let us by


20.
Most illness can be regulated, if not fully controlled

21.
“What were you thinking?” He admonished her in a tightly controlled voice, “Those beasts could have killed you


22.
» He had a feeling that they were controlled by whatever was doing this quantum computing in the depths of space


23.
There were temperature controlled, hermetically sealed, storage units made of glass


24.
“The impactors may be controlled by the entanglement signals,” he said


25.
«The impactors can be coming from as far as out here, and they may be controlled using the signals I’ve discovered


26.
«She was always too cold, too controlled, too smooth


27.
The Shark-IV had several user panels but they controlled things like what kind of suit it wore, the color and style of hair, features, build, the sound and tone of voice it used, its manners and personality type and what hobbies it should speak of in social settings


28.
Naria’s wrath was tightly controlled, and Duncan had the feeling that if it was turned loose she could easily rip the man to shreds


29.
part controlled me at the moment


30.
A controlled glide, he thought to himself, in the middle of this grand forest — what a pilot!

31.
Lamp A medium which regulates a controlled presence of light


32.
controlled with being externally controlled


33.
They were controlled by an app and billed to your telecom


34.
“So how is the magic controlled,” he asked


35.
The sachet of powder has been retrieved from the lab and is now locked in the controlled substance cabinet


36.
Her mood is one of controlled anger


37.
controlled by the guards


38.
With their feet just wider than shoulder width apart, they raised the lever poles of the diggers, straightening their arms above their heads and in a single motion: both lowered their hands and with straight backs, lowered themselves by dropping into a very controlled near squat, almost a horse stance


39.
The smell of the place is institutional and cloying, especially now that the carefully controlled ambient temperature has been augmented by the bright spring sunshine that streams in through the corridor’s large plate glass windows


40.
It seems they suspect I might have somehow set it up when I was an Angel, before I was controlled by the Instinct

41.
I controlled the game


42.
As the train pulled into the Union Station at 3:25 in the afternoon, the unending clackety-clack of their journey yielded to the bustling throng and controlled chaos of the station and the streets beyond


43.
removed in a controlled way, with the minimum of disruption to both


44.
Most other indulgences were easily controlled, used only as the social situation demanded


45.
All containers used for controlled substances are serialized and inventoried, I’m sure you know that


46.
He hears a voice, calm and controlled


47.
having controlled the worst of his anger


48.
The same way she controlled it until they were light-seconds apart


49.
The Greeks felt their lives were controlled by the Gods above


50.
However, Minos controlled the sea around Crete and there was no route of escape there

51.
Music is regulated, love is controlled, people can’t wear what they want, sex is forbidden except when people are together to raise families and then it’s forcibly regulated


52.
These androids were merely I/O devices with the ability to capture a human body’s sensory input channels, and produce a human body’s output motions when controlled by a personality that was actually located on some host distributed on the commnet


53.
Each captain controlled a group of fifty and each group of fifty had been split into five groups of ten


54.
These beings controlled the Hunger, existed by their own will, and — according to those who had lived to see them — they fought with a skill that was beyond even that of the elves, leaving many of those ageless beings to rot upon the Red Wall


55.
She wanted to confront him with it, but he was too polite, too controlled


56.
The diagnostic readouts said all that space was available for controlled execution in a diagnostic space, and for interaction via all sensory channels


57.
There was someone in here, and she wanted whomever it was found and controlled even more than the Captain did


58.
Your body’s ability to lose weight is not controlled by calories, but by the way it uses


59.
And even when it did occur his aggravation was nearly always controlled, subdued


60.
With his friend Anapater, Papa now controlled

61.
Pim has made upgrades to each of our ships that will allow the helm, com, and scanners—even fire control—to be marginally controlled from each vessel’s Captain’s chair


62.
• Focus on the breath (controlled exhalation or retention of breath),


63.
While the things that we think, feel, and attend to are not controlled entirely by biology, we are still creatures of instinct, and what rises to conscious awareness is often the result of genetic programming


64.
In other words, the content of consciousness, while to some extent controlled by biology, is not entirely under its control


65.
• Pratyahara (sense withdrawal) — controlled withdrawal of the senses from their objects and limiting focus to a single object of attention


66.
He controlled himself


67.
In the second figure, It is shown which element is controlling the other element and how all these elements are counter balanced — controlled


68.
9) The habit of eating or drinking liquids except water or buttermilk between the meals should be stringently controlled


69.
He controlled all


70.
b) Controlled Breathing and Visualization

71.
They controlled our lives for so long


72.
When I was growing up it was better than my parents and their lives were much better than their parents, but Anglo folks stilled controlled us


73.
I know from what my grandfather taught me about the Anglos and how they controlled people so they could stay in power


74.
for that purpose is controlled by Atlantica


75.
The primary intelligence that controlled the device this time did not allow itself to be persuaded by Torbin, despite his continued support from the mind- state of Roidon


76.
He needs to be controlled, that’s all


77.
After all, they are controlled by a mouse having only one ball


78.
, the ambassador from the island of Delos, which was a member of the Delian League overseen and controlled by Athens, the most powerful member of the league, protested to Athens that the other members of the league were being treated unfairly, Athens»s rulers responded with a rejoinder that has become classic: „The strong do what they can, while the weak do what they must


79.
A horn sounded on the outskirts of the camp, followed by others to the east and west! They were warnings to alert the camp that an attack was imminent! Suddenly the faces of those Alit’aren were filled with controlled rage and the Ael Tarael moving about with expressions of caution and unease


80.
It was controlled, though her attacks were skilful and malicious

81.
Each one may be ten or so kilometres across, but it was still a controlled biosphere


82.
To regress to the times when every aspect of living was controlled by a king, emperor, or feudal lord is not my idea of progress


83.
It was dark and she couldn’t see his expression, but his voice sounded controlled


84.
Now, instead of childish glee, there was calm, controlled malice in her eyes


85.
” His voice was controlled


86.
Back then, he controlled about 2


87.
This is controlled by the International Game Developers Association, where you


88.
She retched from the panic, knowing that death could be a real possibility, knowing that a TIAR recipient cannot be removed safely, even under controlled monitoring


89.
there were many in the regions controlled by the Red Catholics


90.
controlled by a federal overlay limiting the kinds of plants allowed there

91.
said, “When we jumped, Commander, I controlled the shift


92.
Using this crazy machine, would drawl away the nesting hens so that he could send in his remote controlled race car with a glued on battery operated claw arm that would reach in and gently retrieve the eggs (he was, sometimes, smart)


93.
In fact, one seriously considered plan was to bring down the whole centrally controlled system with digital viruses: the New World government shown to be incompetent, rendered powerless


94.
The magazine capacity was good and it could be controlled under automatic fire having a down force compensator in the AKM and a smaller cartridge than the R1


95.
Not certain what the lever controlled, Amaranthe grabbed the hot metal rail and leaned as far past the edge of the catwalk as she could


96.
He controlled his loaders with much passion and a few kicks no doubt if his evil eye did not bring immediate results


97.
And who controlled parliament for 48 years? The Nationalists!


98.
At work Glenna was very interested in what Dr Preston had told me, asking questions about how Dena’s blood pressure would be controlled and what medication she would be on


1.
Chilies are a great source of controlling many insects either as a powder or as a concentrate that can be added to water and sprayed


2.
Chile Paste is an Asian hot item and is useful in controlling many insects


3.
Castile works very well against many types of funguses such as black sooty mold as well as for controlling ants outside


4.
To control, concentrate many times their more on the health of the soil and the health of the plant and less on controlling the red spiders


5.
They also sample food stuffs before eating can be used with great success in controlling roaches


6.
Anytime you treat the cause, you will be controlling its effects


7.
CONTROLLING APHIDS AND ANTS ON ROSES


8.
I also have found it to be true that by controlling the ants, you obtain a greater control of the aphids that are attacking your roses, etc


9.
Changing the behavior of the ants is a very important factor in controlling many pests in the home and garden as well as controlling the ants themselves


10.
Everyone performs various actions under some influence that he is capable of controlling by self-discipline

11.
He had burst in on someone, someone who was controlling a houri simulating one of the female techs from the female side of the ship


12.
He had survived the party, but mainly because so many other things had happened that day, the whole town had found out about his origins and Desa had scared him nearly to death with a song that made him believe she had been controlling his mind with RNAcid for generations


13.
Vitamins, in controlling the body’s use of minerals, promotes a balance in the body necessary for the proper functioning of the endocrine glands and the formation of hormones


14.
He seemed to be saying that the information transfer he had discovered was controlling the impactors that were aimed at the Angels


15.
It all had to do with controlling nerve impulses thru the bodies closest to Gordon’s Lamp


16.
It was capable of controlling the entire ship of the main expedition without anyone on the inside or outside knowing


17.
She had to cut off, but she was frozen, how could she answer these questions? Should she pretend she was sitting in one of the buildings nearby in Zhlindu? Controlling the probe from there? She was just using the asteroid pinball with Narrulla as a convenient prop for a story she wanted to sell? But before she could start to blurt that out, he continued his own line of questioning


18.
That it what a top mage spends his time controlling – the fallout


19.
His staff was perhaps the only thing capable of controlling the Graelic


20.
Executive Function is our intellectual capability of planning and analysis, while Self-Regulation is controlling our emotional reactions to current realities

21.
One of the most important requirements for practicing non-attachment is controlling your attention


22.
Because controlling the contents of consciousness, by itself, can enable a person to be happy and content in virtually any circumstance, the invitation to happiness is constant


23.
Meditation, discussed earlier, is the practice of controlling one’s attention and awareness


24.
The Mindsnapper field that had been controlling him had collapsed with the man-dog’s state of shock


25.
Such a mind must always be thinking, scheming, controlling


26.
In the second figure, It is shown which element is controlling the other element and how all these elements are counter balanced — controlled


27.
Golf was not only capable of controlling minds and storing ruro but he was to be the unwilling transport that would deliver the ruro to the multi-dimensional Elif


28.
There was a quiet clunk from the hatch and then, with a low hissing sound, it gradually swung open, two pneumatic pistons controlling its fall


29.
If mean and improper persons are frequently appointed trustees ; and if proper courts of inspection and account have not yet been established for controlling their conduct, and for reducing the tolls to what is barely sufficient for executing the work to be done by them ; the recency of the institution both accounts and apologizes for those defects, of which, by the wisdom of parliament, the greater part may, in due time, be gradually remedied


30.
Curiously she could find very few positive accounts/reports; Transcenders were not effective at controlling publicity and neither were they big on self promotion

31.
And controlling it is incredibly difficult


32.
Regardless of the obstacle you’re facing, controlling the ball, choosing the best club and setting up your shot are the steps that will get you back onto open ground


33.
But when that didn’t work, he attacked me for being too controlling, having unfair punishments and being abusive


34.
that it was a character defect in him as he had a controlling and


35.
Also, when Gore was questioned about his having made contribution requests from his office in the West Wing, in clear violation of the Hatch Act and other federal laws, his response, laughable, was that there was „no legal controlling authority


36.
His response: „There was no controlling legal authority


37.
Breathing and focus, those are the keys to controlling your abilities


38.
If they continue doing the superb jobs they»ve been doing these past two years in the areas of lowering taxes, balancing budgets, controlling regulations, and creating jobs, Obama may just have a tough time of it getting re-elected in 2012


39.
Controlling for inflation, federal tax revenue today is 23


40.
with boss families controlling the New York area, another group

41.
“I believe Commander of the Armies Hollowcrest is controlling Sespian by unnatural means


42.
Although the woman was dead, he had mastered the art of controlling her every movement and directed her through a telepathy which worked when he was in close proximity


43.
Few of the wizards, especially the younger ones, had any retained powers for controlling people and stood no chance of defending themselves


44.
President Bush‘s flawed Immigration Reform Bill providing ―conditional‖ amnesty to 12 million illegal aliens must be reassuring to 1) (Moderate) Republicans who would consider its passage a political opportunity to place the party in better stead with Hispanic Voters and the Business Community, 2) Corporations seeking to attract Cheap(er) Labor, 3) Democrats who, for the same reasons indicated above, are uncomfortable with the idea of controlling our nation‘s borders at the risk of alienating a sizeable voting bloc and (who) would otherwise seize the moment, for purely political reasons, to challenge Republican proposals that (surprise!) ―don‘t go far enough,‖ 4) Multiculturalists and Internationalists likely to embrace such ―reforms‖ as a (positive) first step towards achieving their (respective) Universalist Agenda, and 5) Shakers of Western Culture who would seek its destruction at any cost for its own sake and who would therefore (also) consider such measures as an appropriate step in the ―right‖ direction


45.
William was finally hearing what he had been waiting to get from Frank from the minute he found him, and that was specific information regarding controlling his movement in time


46.
The Democratic Party seized control of (the) socio/cultural debate by ―default‖; that is to say, by controlling the economic purse strings that ran interference for an (increasingly) left-winged agenda out of step with mainstream opinion


47.
The natural formation of the country is the soldier’s best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling the forces of victory, and of shrewdly calculating difficulties, dangers and distances, constitutes the test of a great general


48.
In fact, Manifest Destiny was always an explicitly racist belief, that white Americans were destined to rule over all land between the oceans, and over all peoples already there, either controlling them or wiping them out


49.
Not entirely unafraid; I feel the controlling of the terror, the terror is there, but you are managing it


50.
His left thumb hovered over the button controlling certain countermeasures including chaff, flares, and aerial mines, but he waited

51.
Staring across the no-mans-land between countries, she talked herself down, controlling breathing and taking time to think


52.
Amonas was led right into the hands of a young man in possession of a keystone, an artifact that seems to enable its wielder to enter the game’s center, where the real Agrippa is located, the place from where he actually plays, controlling his avatar


53.
I began to spend time with people on real quality brushing and these people made more progress over a short time in controlling inflammation than they had done with all previous attempts at brushing and flossing


54.
Michelle added, uncertainly, “I think another advantage would be that Americans would be a whole lot more likely to vote, if we thought that we could actually have an impact on controlling the total spending of the elected party?”


55.
in conservatorship and the Treasury has taken controlling ownership stakes in them


56.
A link was established when humans figured out that time can be manipulated by controlling what and the speed of an object moving through space


57.
That’s how Jeanine figured out who the simulation was controlling


58.
stored at the Clinton Library, was centered almost exclusively on controlling the “bimbo eruptions


59.
tables specifically provided by the software vendor for the purpose of controlling


60.
Controlling the heat to avoid fire

61.
feels are more controlling that attempt to do this


62.
There is only so much push before others will realize that false information has entered the government»s mind as an acceptable form of controlling or „informing» the masses, the masses that 59


63.
Itam owned nearly thirty percent before Conwick Everett’s death, not a controlling interest


64.
He had controlling interest of Grayson Industries and Nick wanted it


65.
“Since I am going to have a controlling interest in Itam


66.
If anyone is going to have a controlling interest, it’s Joey


67.
women control the household and the money, thus controlling the men


68.
He might have been too controlling, but it was Manda herself who had nearly caused the fall when she had lost control and smacked Sierra


69.
chance of controlling the situation


70.
I made my way to my car with the rest of the fleeing mourners as the police were unsuccessful in controlling the stampede

71.
temper flared and he had difficulty controlling his voice


72.
I planned on having a chat with Chelsea after the hearing, but Rutherford escorted her past the press and was intent on controlling every second while she was in the proximity of the courthouse


73.
will assist the man in controlling ejaculation


74.
controlling the PC muscle (by internal contraction of the muscle or


75.
In the initial stages, controlling ejaculation is much easier without


76.
Elena: Well, remember when I told you about my issue with controlling the energy in me?


77.
The Three have always taught her to repress any of the outbursts of energy she had so she never learned how to truly control them and now they were controlling her


78.
All attacked at once and those controlling the fortresses and the castle were taken by surprise, but that does not mean the fight was easy


79.
Jock started by describing a bit about why Hamish was paralysed not in detail but just in general by saying the brain is the central computer of our body interpreting outside information and controlling every action


80.
If by controlling review time, if the final value of interest Y (for example Defect containment effectiveness) can be achieved, then we might interested in controlling the review time

81.
There shall be documented procedure for identifying and controlling of configurable item


82.
The questions were coming thick and fast but the controlling


83.
This is adopted in most part of the world for Information Security controlling in IT organizations


84.
What is controlling the UFO is puzzling to him


85.
But the opinion insists that this finding was not controlling in the Court’s decision


86.
The nanoeye will only follow your commands when you are controlling them


87.
Having Exhausted all suggestions for controlling the little hellions, she tried one last


88.
We have particle controlling nanos that direct lightning charges into our city from around the planet


89.
She has this highly romanticized view, of ending her days with him, but I have seen his dark ways, and his cruel controlling of her, and the way he uses her to suit himself


90.
amount at stake, and the only chance we have of controlling what we

91.
A bell rang as the mechanism controlling the elevator detected the floor,


92.
She can be very controlling, but it’s


93.
Over the past weeks I’ve also sneaked off to train on controlling my powers too, I still couldn’t be sure if I made any real progress on that


94.
Since overcoming our addiction to ego is the goal in life, and all aspects of our society use ego to mandate our rules, and our government has established deceit as their operating system, and money is controlling our lives, and our faith is misguided, our future is in plain sight


95.
little bit of exertion at first and after that controlling your Glycemic Index is truly –


96.
“How did you come about controlling yours?” I asked and her gaze narrowed “Mine were triggered by fear, your father was in grave danger


97.
About the totalitarian evil controlling most of the Earth’s lands


98.
around all the time then this need is controlling you


99.
This time it’s not Zachary’s movements controlling my emotions; it’s hers


1.
Attracting and trapping snails is one of the most effective natural snail controls


2.
During the next few years you should work on reducing the chemicals used by ••• then eventually not using any chemicals at all and be 100% Organic! Any problems your plants may have can be treated with the appropriate organic controls; some of which are mentioned in this book


3.
Biological Controls: The use of beneficial organisms offers an effective system of integrated pest management


4.
Controls caterpillars, corn borers and mosquitoes


5.
seconds controls all stages of the whitefly life cycle


6.
The same rules of pest control apply to disease controls, the higher the stress, the greater the problem associated with it and the harder it will be to control


7.
He had been tired of being ignored, so Ackers had found a way to cut through the volume controls and punish Vinnie for treating him with so little respect


8.
She was well away from her command controls now and there would be nothing she could do in time before he got to her


9.
This Chapter will strictly discuss the application of nutritional foliar spraying and not the use of foliar spraying concerning pest controls


10.
That subject is covered in the chapter on Pest controls

11.
and whoever controls that, controls


12.
With the increase of organic methods of controls, we are seeing a reduction in chemical use


13.
The cockpit door opens and the PILOT enters, gesturing angrily at and apparently arguing with his co-pilot, who remains at the controls


14.
It can’t be done remotely, human beings must take the controls


15.
They talked her thru to the life support controls, those were the first any space-suited humans would make in re-activating the ship from this state


16.
It was a long process, repairing everything that had to be repaired to get life support working so the hard-wired interlocks would let the main controls be operated


17.
The problem with mind control, she had immediately realized, is the problem of ‘who controls the controller?’ It was one of those dilemmas of recursions, like ‘who created God’? If a device was capable of mind control, it had to be programmed, so the programmer could control it


18.
‘Worthless’, muttered Ginger at the controls in San Francisco


19.
I began to suspect what’s going on with her last night, when we went out together and she revealed more details about her job: As a sales manager, she controls some teams of commercial travellers


20.
This left the links to the control of the Linshere Paundrocop personification in his process, where he was able to see it was nothing but a standard houri with its pleasure controls hidden

21.
Actually Enrico was no more in the bot than anyone else in the crew, if anything, as a tech, Bahkmar was closer because he could tap into the raw I/O to the device that was the bot and encapsulate Enrico’s controls


22.
It was after she tried the controls that she came back out to use the Android’s eyes to see what was wrong with the engines


23.
controls that were placed on me early on in my life


24.
«Where is Alan?» he meant to soften it a little but mishandled the controls and only changed his accent a little


25.
It’s the light that controls all the colours that we see


26.
Vitamin D controls the calcium content in the blood; excess of vitamin D results in a number of disorders, including diarrhoea, depression, and severe toxic disturbances


27.
“Actually,” Alan said, “It is Ava that holds those controls,” Elmore looked at him funny but Alan didn’t respond to that, it was too deep a systems discussion for him


28.
Not only did he have no details on that auxiliary veron store, all its controls were mapped into Thom’s lab and he would have to manually re-map each of them to get them back into here


29.
He wasn’t sure Thom would stay out of the lab long enough for Alan to do anything, but since all the controls he needed were in that lab, he had to try


30.
All the action was in Thom’s lab, and to do anything but watch he would have to get into there after all, re-mapping the controls and instruments at the hardware data layer and manually editing the micro-amp accounting to cover his tracks while he did that

31.
Even with the controls re-mapped, he couldn’t get a lot of info out of it either


32.
«This is his Heaven after all, Theology controls the authorization levels


33.
What are the validation controls in asp


34.
Web user controls :- Web User Control is Easier to create and another thing is that its support is limited


35.
The hacker would only need to set that up to reflect his packets thru Thom’s device and on to the controls of that cherub


36.
She visualized the controls of state as an antique panel behind a heavy cast iron plate with a ten pound padlock on it


37.
“Somebody want to help me lift this cover back into place?” Glayet asked as she grabbed onto the right end of the heavy cast iron cover to the controls of state


38.
controls, and rather little analysis on the wider social impact of the


39.
The controls to activate the lamp were operated (as always, mused


40.
And after that, why did she have to get attached to him all over again once they got here? Why did a simple peasant have to look so manly at the controls of that needleboat on that stupid ride? Why couldn’t Tdeshi’s hormones let her be unmoved by the line of his jaw, the ruffle of his hair in the breeze as they cruised the canals all the way to the north end of the burbs and back?

41.
same room; a bed, the controls, kitchen, monitors, everything


42.
controls and turned the beach off


43.
that controls the world


44.
Desa was fiddling with the controls on what would be the amp if this was an old time rock & roll gig in what Earth’s music history now called ‘the age of the electric guitar’


45.
He controls the earth and the heavens, yet He still has time for me


46.
She found that anyone with the patience to learn to program the hardware data could eventually bypass all software controls


47.
He controls the Black Door, isn’t that right, LeCynic?»


48.
Other than that, the universe was her verandah on the beach and the returning gravity lowered them gently into the lounge, where the controls for the screens appeared on its arm


49.
A pyramid that I believe is the seat of a secret Dark Lord who controls this world


50.
She sprang to the controls and woke Thom in the process without meaning to

51.
«I have just found your hack in the perception layer of the data store controls and the re-decoration you applied


52.
A man controls his household, no matter that his wife holds title to


53.
This means that she controls him, after all


54.
The Elf pointed out the functions of each of the controls, the properties and general arrangement of the panels and monitors, their usefulness and a few tricks of the trade as it were to their more arcane applications


55.
The Elf had slapped the engine controls to kill acceleration the moment Yula began her protests


56.
” she flipped a few controls on the nav panel


57.
You paid the price! It is my family of demonic spirits that controls this


58.
On the bridge, Pim touched a specific series of controls in front of her


59.
On the Huntress’s bridge, Pim touched the next series of controls and the Elf was projecting to every bridge on every ship in the little fleet


60.
Fortunately it was a new lift and the controls inside it had been put at a reasonably accessible height

61.
‘Please, don’t ask me to explain, but I know there’s been some massive overload of those controls that’s basically fried him on the spot


62.
“It’s the big electronic thing that controls the ship


63.
“Don’t touch any of the controls in here


64.
Fletcher pressed the controls on the rear of the undamaged shuttle and grinned when the internal lights came on and the large door slowly lowered itself to the shuttle bay deck


65.
There were various control panels with screens, which were probably once illuminated interface controls, in a semicircle around a depression in the floor


66.
He was about to try the controls again when there was a sudden muffled boom sound from some distance away


67.
At the far end of the block he could see Mark, pointing the RF scanner at it whilst twiddling with its controls


68.
Torbin, from his hunched position over the controls, swiveled round immediately, glared at Roidon … but then smiled, in an unsurprisingly manic way


69.
The marines are not equipped to progress in a vacuum and the atmospheric controls are at the other end of the station


70.
He had no idea how to operate the controls

71.
Zardino assured him that he simply needed to vector the helmet display towards his destination, using what were essentially small stick controls on arm rests


72.
«The species that controls the most


73.
Under the Obama administration, we have evolution in reverse, for we have now devolved to the point at which the state controls society


74.
Captain Zolla had to take over from his helmsman at the controls


75.
Put in systems and controls


76.
His hands moved across the controls of his


77.
His hand never reached the controls


78.
His unfortunate flirtation with Keynesian Economic Policies (Wage and Price Controls) and prolonging the ―Great Society‖ by introducing fresh initiatives, threw a monkey wrench into the economy but enough of that! Seeking (public) forgiveness, if not self-forgiveness, this tormented soul sought redemption in seclusion and productive writing


79.
Such powers including, but not limited to, (temporary) wage and price controls, rationing, production quotas, extra-legal surveillances and curfews, limit, to some extent, a society‘s freedoms


80.
Dawn glanced at her dad, watching his eyes moving among the various instruments, his big hands almost stroking the levers and controls as he guided them home

81.
Wage and Price controls and excessive regulations are prime examples that have produced dire consequences on the open market


82.
Whoever controls the liberal media will be the hero in the end


83.
It is arguably the most important faculty we possess as human beings in the manner it controls or directs behavior by giving pause to questions relating to right and wrong and good and evil, even when such distinctions are oftentimes unclear


84.
In it the writer confesses he controls a large amount of money which he is willing to share with you! A total stranger who just happen to be that lucky to inherit or be chosen by this important man! But unfortunately he needs your account and a few thousand dollars (or less) to access the money he professed to control


85.
“You have the plane,” I called, and felt the controls wiggle in acknowledgement as he took over


86.
In addition, the preventer, which controls the mainsail, and both hatches, were all badly damaged, although still functioning


87.
You are just what any woman would desire in her man and I’m glad I’m the girl who controls your heart,� Maureen whispered into his ear


88.
They fund programs and support stricter controls out of fear of the ruin legalization would most certainly bring to them


89.
Here, let me have the controls,” he shouted, pushing Troy to one side


90.
Lyra couldn’t make out what they were saying to each other, but sat up straighter when they both unexpectedly lunged at Conal, pulling him away from the controls

91.
Before Conal could work his way back to the controls, the helicopter came in low over the water at them again


92.
He knew he was dying, he could see his brain matter splattered across the cockpit controls


93.
boiler pressure, and I’ll handle the controls if the captain calls


94.
The dairy was already a supplier of milk and butter to the American forces in the area, and even under fixed price controls, was enjoying a fair degree of prosperity


95.
That’s when Hartle wrenched the controls in a great slewing arc, watching as a field of stars swept past his view


96.
“So the Empire dominates and controls the trade routes


97.
Raul swung his eyes again to the controls, but he obviously didn’t understand


98.
He leaned his right shoulder against the wheelhouse and watched perspiration drip from his nose, as his cousin manipulated controls, lifting the illicit cargo from the hold


99.
He slammed the controls again, and lucky for him the compensators could handle the extra gees


control (n, v): the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to do this; to order, limit, or rule something, or someone’s actions or behaviour

Use “control” in a sentence

He struggled to retain control of the situation.
He couldn’t control his anger.
Nobody can control us.
Everything is under control.

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Definition of Control

to influence or direct people’s behavior

Examples of Control in a sentence

The overbearing mother liked to control her children’s behavior and wouldn’t let them do anything without her permission.

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Scientists wish there was a way to control the weather, but haven’t figured out a way to regulate it yet.

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After the accident, the police were able to take control of the traffic and direct the cars to a detour.

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Sentence Examples

It’s not working. The governments have seized control.

But our plasma supply was insufficient, so we have to take blood for our wounded where we can get it and where the donor is easiest to control.

A current in the form of an erotic impulse travels from the cerebral cortex to the control center in the diencephalon.

Mission control gave the spacecraft permission… to go for the extravehicular activity— that is, for the walk on the moon— far earlier than anticipated, 9:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

I can not control myself.

We have it all under control.

We have this under control.

Dia: dit starts in my soul, and I lose all control d Blake: I felt so strongly about their abilities.

Which is an accomplishment, But you, cherie, you had a lot of control under pressure, Which is an even greater feat to accomplish.

dsaid I wouldn’t call d dbut I’ve lost all control d dand I need you now d

We also have climate control equipment like these curtains that draw across underneath the glazing at night when its very cold so we have an extra insulating layer for accomplishing that.

I’ve got everything under control!

Sssure, that’s something we studied over and over again at… Mission control Center.

We have to get the little douchebag under control.

You know, things get a bit out of control.

We do not control man’s destiny

Ran outside, and the sky this just this odd color that I’ve never seen in my life, and I’m thinking it can’t be the show doing this because that’s way out of their powers and their control.

I don’t like things that I can’t explain and that I don’t have at least some sort of control over.

But if I use the wedding as an excuse to come back to Korea I can avoid my stepmother’s control.

Then I can figure out the false names written under bed-ridden father’s stocks and gain control.

I know you like to control everything, but this is not your business.

OK, I have manual control of the aorta.

OK, we have control of the lilacs.

No, I want to control the back-bleed with the foetus in place.

Mission control, the swinger has landed.

Madame, the horses are out of control!

Julius tells Pompey of his great plans, i.e., his election as consul and control of the Roman legions.

Well, LSD can do many adverse things the they are done almost never under control in supervised conditions, they happen when people take it casually and randomly.

Who were in my head but out of control and laughing at me pointing their faces at me and going haaa-haaa-haaa-haaaa we’ve got you.

Here I’ll propose a drug control away to provide stricter penalties for those who traffic an LSD and other dangerous drugs with our people

And that makes us a little out of their control.

I’ve this thing under control… just gonna touch a flinger-time?

Everyone thinks «I can control heroine»

until it starts to control them.

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Yet he did not consider how difficult it is to control passion, once it is unbridled.

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[ kuhn-trohl ]

/ kənˈtroʊl /

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verb (used with object), con·trolled, con·trol·ling.

to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate: command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds.That zone is controlled by enemy troops.

to hold in check; curb: to control a horse;to control one’s emotions.

to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison.

to eliminate or prevent the flourishing or spread of: to control a forest fire.

Biology. (of an organism) to initiate an internal response to external stimuli.

Obsolete. to check or regulate (transactions), originally by means of a duplicate register.

noun

the act or power of controlling; regulation; domination or command: Who’s in control here?

the situation of being under the regulation, domination, or command of another: The car is out of control.

check or restraint: Her anger is under control.

a legal or official means of regulation or restraint: to institute wage and price controls.

a person who acts as a check; controller.

a device for regulating and guiding a machine, as a motor or airplane.

controls, a coordinated arrangement of such devices.

prevention of the flourishing or spread of something undesirable: rodent control.

Biology. an organism’s ability to initiate an internal response to external stimuli (distinguished from regulation).

Baseball. the ability of a pitcher to throw the ball into the strike zone consistently: The rookie pitcher has great power but no control.

Philately. any device printed on a postage or revenue stamp to authenticate it as a government issue or to identify it for bookkeeping purposes.

a spiritual agency believed to assist a medium at a séance.

the supervisor to whom an espionage agent reports when in the field.

Verb Phrases

control for, Statistics. to account for (variables in an analysis) by limiting the data under consideration to a comparison of like things: to control for demographic factors.

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Origin of control

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English co(u)ntrollen (verb), from Anglo-French contreroller “to keep a duplicate account or roll,” derivative of contrerolle (noun); see counter-, roll

OTHER WORDS FROM control

con·trol·la·ble, adjective, nouncon·trol·la·bil·i·ty [kuhn-troh-luhbil-i-tee], /kənˌtroʊ ləˈbɪl ɪ ti/, con·trol·la·ble·ness, nouncon·trol·la·bly, adverbcon·trol·less, adjective

con·trol·ling·ly, adverbnon·con·trol·la·ble, adjectivenon·con·trol·la·bly, adverbnon·con·trolled, adjectivenon·con·trol·ling, adjectiveo·ver·con·trol, verb (used with object), o·ver·con·trolled, o·ver·con·trol·ling, nounpre·con·trol, noun, verb (used with object), pre·con·trolled, pre·con·trol·ling.qua·si-con·trolled, adjectivequa·si-con·trol·ling, adjectivesub·con·trol, verb (used with object), sub·con·trolled, sub·con·trol·ling.su·per·con·trol, nounun·con·trolled, adjectiveun·con·trol·ling, adjectivewell-con·trolled, adjective

Words nearby control

contrite, contrition, contrivance, contrive, contrived, control, control account, control board, control center, control character, control chart

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MORE ABOUT CONTROL

What does control mean?

To control is to dominate or command something or someone, as in Tomas showed excellent control of his hand several weeks after his surgery.

As a noun, control can refer to the act of controlling, as in I can’t stand it—my parents have total control over my life!

To control is also to restrain or keep in check, as in Toddlers are not known for control over their emotions.

Control can also refer to keeping something in check. When you keep your emotions under control, you still feel them but you don’t let them overwhelm you.

To control can also mean to eliminate the spread of something, such as with a fire or an illness.

In statistics, to control for means to compare only like data to reduce the number of variables in the comparison.

Example: Who has control of the lights for tonight’s show?

Where does control come from?

The first records of the term control come from the 1400s. It ultimately comes from the Anglo-French contreroller, meaning “to keep a duplicate roll of.”

In the sciences, control takes on another specific definition, meaning “a person, object, or group that is kept in a constant, unchanging state throughout the experiment.” In order to test if an independent variable was actually the cause for a change, a control group that doesn’t have the independent variable is created. This way, the results of both the control group and the testing group can be compared.

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How is control used in real life?

Control is a common word used to talk about command or restriction in many situations.

Guardians of the Galaxy is surprisingly good. Trailers made the game look like pure trash, but they managed to both capture the appeal of the first movie and make a fun game. It’s buggy as heck though and I think the control layout could have been much better.

— Jason (@panzerjedi) December 9, 2021

Roughing the Passer calls are absolutely out of control.

— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) September 25, 2018

My facial hair is getting out of control

— michael clifford on tour (@Michael5SOS) April 5, 2015

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Is control used correctly in the following sentence?

My parents gave me control over my college fund, so now I can withdraw money for tuition.

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What are other ways to say control?

The noun control means “domination or command.” How is control different from authority and influence? Find out on Thesaurus.com

Words related to control

authority, curb, discipline, domination, force, government, jurisdiction, management, oversight, regulation, restraint, restriction, rule, supervision, administer, command, conduct, deal with, dominate, govern

How to use control in a sentence

  • Companies like Rice Up still promote rice cakes as a whole-grain option for weight control.

  • I was talking about what we’re doing is under control, but I’m not talking about the virus.

  • Alexander also requested an extraordinary amount of control over the reports, asking that he be allowed to review them before publication and even make edits.

  • At the beginning, before anybody knew what it was, I spoke with President Xi, and he said, we are doing it well, we have it under control.

  • A month later, a Fox News poll found 70 percent of likely voters felt the pandemic was “not at all” or “somewhat” under control.

  • From there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.

  • Spin control began, Florida-style: the opinion only covers some counties, some people, some times.

  • He seemed by all appearances perfectly happy to let the Republicans control the state senate.

  • The police cannot ultimately control public opinion unilaterally.

  • So not only will the GOP have control in the Senate, it will move the center of gravity on Capitol Hill hard to starboard.

  • Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.

  • In a few minutes, however, he had it again under control, and they soon reached the berg.

  • A certain amount of his ill-humour vented, Tressan made an effort to regain his self-control.

  • The nativesʼ anxiety to oust the Spaniards was far stronger than their wish to be under American, or indeed any foreign, control.

  • The marvelous improvements in mechanism and tone production and control in 1886 to 1913 by Robt.

British Dictionary definitions for control


verb -trols, -trolling or -trolled (tr)

to command, direct, or ruleto control a country

to check, limit, curb, or regulate; restrainto control one’s emotions; to control a fire

to regulate or operate (a machine)

to verify (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment in which the variable being investigated is held constant or is compared with a standard

  1. to regulate (financial affairs)
  2. to examine and verify (financial accounts)

to restrict or regulate the authorized supply of (certain substances, such as drugs)

noun

power to direct or determineunder control; out of control

a means of regulation or restraint; curb; checka frontier control

(often plural) a device or mechanism for operating a car, aircraft, etc

a standard of comparison used in a statistical analysis or scientific experiment

  1. a device that regulates the operation of a machine. A dynamic control is one that incorporates a governor so that it responds to the output of the machine it regulates
  2. (as modifier)control panel; control room

spiritualism an agency believed to assist the medium in a séance

Also called: control mark a letter, or letter and number, printed on a sheet of postage stamps, indicating authenticity, date, and series of issue

one of a number of checkpoints on a car rally, orienteering course, etc, where competitors check in and their time, performance, etc, is recorded

Derived forms of control

controllable, adjectivecontrollability or controllableness, nouncontrollably, adverb

Word Origin for control

C15: from Old French conteroller to regulate, from contrerolle duplicate register, system of checking, from contre- counter- + rolle roll

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Scientific definitions for control


A standard of comparison for checking or verifying the results of an experiment. In an experiment to test the effectiveness of a new drug, for example, one group of subjects (the control group) receives an inactive substance or placebo , while a comparison group receives the drug being tested.

The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Other Idioms and Phrases with control


see out of control; spin control.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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