1 He controlled a line of grain elevators in the little towns along the railroad to the west of us, and was away from home a great deal.
2 I controlled my features and tried to speak seriously.
3 The Negro as a political factor can be controlled.
4 Other business men became alarmed over the situation and the Free Speech was run away that the colored people might be more easily controlled.
5 When little Antanas was born he had been at work, and had known nothing about it until it was over; and now he was not to be controlled.
6 With serene regularity, as if controlled by a schedule, bullets buffed into men.
7 In such ecstasies that he even controlled his tongue and was silent.
8 He questioned her with his eyes, but the firm and steady gaze of the young girl controlled his look.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 3. The Catalans. 9 Madame Danglars looked at her husband with an expression which, at any other time, would have indicated a storm, but for the second time she controlled herself.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 62. Ghosts. 10 His face darkened with some powerful emotion, which, nevertheless, he so instantaneously controlled by an effort of his will, that, save at a single moment, its expression might have passed for calmness.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In III. THE RECOGNITION 11 They walked along the road through the valley, and chiefly in silence, for Marianne's MIND could not be controlled, and Elinor, satisfied with gaining one point, would not then attempt more.
12 Her grief burst out when she first saw me; but she controlled it soon, and spoke in whispers, and walked softly, as if the dead could be disturbed.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY 13 Arina Vlasyevna was crying quietly; she was utterly crushed, and could not have controlled herself at all if her husband had not spent two whole hours early in the morning exhorting her.
14 rattled the drums, and Pierre understood that this mysterious force completely controlled these men and that it was now useless to say any more.
15 Pierre felt that that fatal force which had crushed him during the executions, but which he had not felt during his imprisonment, now again controlled his existence.