Sentence examples for a display of control from inspiring English sources

This was a superior performance, a display of control so complete it withdrew almost any tension from the occasion whatsoever.

At one point, she expertly raises her legs above her head and holds a firm static kick position for 30 seconds, in a display of control that receives applause from the room.

Within minutes they had pushed back the protesters — fellow Marines in jeans and hooded sweatshirts — in a display of crowd control skills.

In past works, like "Melissa is a Bitch" and "Michael, Ms. Youngg's direction has been a display of regimented control, with her, visible to the audience, overseeing the shows from the side and yelling, "Go!" as cues to her dancers.

Hernandez struck the third from a Shinji Kagawa pass and in injury time there was a fourth when Adnan Januzaj linked up with Mata to crown off a display of complete control.

In video games, people are permitted to fulfill their violent impulses in a display of artificial control.

Jo becomes pregnant by a black sailor and is cared for by Geoffrey, a young gay friend, until her mother ousts him in what could be a burst of suppressed maternal love or a display of jealous control-freakery.

It's an impressive display of control and an apt metaphor.

Feeling conflicted about what he considered to be an overzealous display of control by the Chinese authorities, Mr. Ji, 46, said he rode home to place an online order for "The 120 Days of Sodom," the scandalous 18th-century French novel by the Marquis de Sade.

This is just a display of their need to control and you'll address it when you can get a word in edgewise calmly.

At one point, she expertly raises her legs above her head and holds a firm static kick position for 30 seconds a display of control that receives applause from the room.