CONTROLLING in a Sentence

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"No, papa, I'm not nervous," said Eva, controlling herself, suddenly, with a strength of resolution singular in such a child.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONTROLLING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
controlling
 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  She said nothing, curling her toes in the loose slippers in an effort at controlling her quivering.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
2  She felt that she was no longer analyzing and controlling forces, but swept on by them.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
3  "No, papa, I'm not nervous," said Eva, controlling herself, suddenly, with a strength of resolution singular in such a child.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
4  I've been trying to cure it for forty years, and have only succeeded in controlling it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
5  It was, he supposed more of a force or a radiance, controlling the thrush and the worm; the tulip and the hound; and himself, too, an old man with swollen veins.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
6  She blushed, pressed her clasped hands on her knees, and then controlling herself with an evident effort lifted her head and began to speak rapidly.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER XVI
7  For government consists in nothing else than in so controlling your subjects that it shall neither be in their power nor for their interest to harm you.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXIII.
8  He paused to control his voice.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
9  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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
10  Heretofore she had never bothered to control her temper except in Ellen's presence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
11  Prissy had recovered her breath and a small measure of control but her eyes still rolled.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  she began desperately, her courage and control breaking.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
13  Any other Atlanta woman would have expired in rage at having to listen to such bigoted ignorance but Scarlett managed to control herself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
14  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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
15  For the greater part of three years, the state's capitol had remained in the control of white men and Democrats.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  When a company goes out of business, officials usually move in to take control.
17  It is anger that is repressed that leads to violence and loss of control.
18  Hundreds of police in riot gear struggled to control the violence.
19  The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
20  They grappled desperately for control of the weapon.
21  Guilt is the secret weapon for the control of children.
22  Perhaps you can't control your job, but you may be able to make other changes in your life.
23  The event has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
24  He has to take pills to control his blood pressure.
25  Insulin is used to control the rise of glucose levels in the blood.
26  He tried in vain to bring his temper under control.
27  It's an attempt to control what reaches the public.
28  The government has regained control of the capital from rebel forces.
29  Government troops have overwhelmed the rebels and seized control of the capital.
30  All approaches to the capital are now under the control of the insurgents.