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The scenario is the same throughout the West countries, all of whose governments are responding to the collapse in similar ways.

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 Meanings and Examples of GOVERNED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
government
 n.  the governing body of a nation, state, or community
govern
 v.  make and administer the public policy and affairs of
governing
 n.  the act of governing; exercising authority
 a.  responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  For during these times in which good men governed, he will see the prince secure in the midst of happy subjects, and the whole world filled with peace and justice.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X.
2  But this, for a reason already mentioned, namely that a few will always be governed by the will of a few and these the most powerful, was a change from bad to worse.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XLIX.
3  , throughout the whole of his pontificate, was governed by impulse and passion, and because the times were in perfect accord, all his undertakings prospered.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX.
4  The entire monarchy of the Turk is governed by one lord, the others are his servants; and, dividing his kingdom into sanjaks, he sends there different administrators, and shifts and changes them as he chooses.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEX...
5  The contrary happens in kingdoms governed like that of France, because one can easily enter there by gaining over some baron of the kingdom, for one always finds malcontents and such as desire a change.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEX...
6  In this case indeed he may be well governed, but it would not be for long, because such a governor would in a short time take away his state from him.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII — HOW FLATTERERS SHOULD BE AVOIDED
7  The natural taste and true ear of David governed and modified the sounds to suit the confined cavern, every crevice and cranny of which was filled with the thrilling notes of their flexible voices.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
8  The light was not strong enough to render their features distinct, though it was quite evident that they were governed by very different emotions.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
9  Hence Moore, Byron, Goethe, often speak words more wisely descriptive of the true religious sentiment, than another man, whose whole life is governed by it.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
10  Legree, like some potentates we read of in history, governed his plantation by a sort of resolution of forces.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
11  Nevertheless changes and improvements have begun to take place, since things now are governed more by the personal inclinations and idiosyncracies of the keepers of such establishments.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II
12  It is now necessary that man, governed by his senses, should find in virtue a charm palpable to those senses.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VII
13  And His will is governed only by infinite love for us, and so whatever befalls us is for our good.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XXV
14  The entire household was governed according to Pierre's supposed orders, that is, by his wishes which Natasha tried to guess.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER X
15  So far I have governed myself thoroughly.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Chissano said Western governments should stump up the cash to fund land redistribution.
17  Its Global Programme on AIDS funnelled money from donors to governments.
18  The governments of the industrialized world had failed to get the measure of the crisis.
19  The two governments held secret talks on the nuclear threat.
20  The new law gives local governments a significant measure of control over their own finances.
21  The country has de facto independence now, and it will soon be recognized de jure by the world's governments.
22  These people often are oppressed by the governments of the countries they find themselves in.
23  People donate money, put their names to a petition urging governments to do more to fight AIDS.
24  Now governments are re-writing the EU's governing treaty and the draft version is considered by the EU's leaders in Brussels.
25  The scenario is the same throughout the West countries, all of whose governments are responding to the collapse in similar ways.
26  But analysts say national governments may prove highly reluctant to surrender control of their radio frequencies to Brussels.
27  Where governments manage public life, human freedom in community is compromised.
28  Earlier this week EU governments voted to bend the rules o that France and Germany wouldn't be penalized for breaking the rules on budget deficits.
29  Increased oil revenues can also tempt Gulf governments to spend more on arms.
30  Organ donation awareness is high in the Pennsylvania due largely to effective education by state governments.