Sentence examples for act of controlling from inspiring English sources

Definition: The act of controlling something, having it be *your* property.

Simply put, cooking is an act of controlled combustion — you set oil, fat, and carbohydrates on fire.

Logan, G. D. & Cowan, W. B. On the ability to inhibit thought and action a theory of an act of control.

But the biggest act of control in this novel is the one Shriver perpetrates on the reader.

Logan, G. D. & Cowan, W. B. On the ability to inhibit thought and action: A theory of an act of control.

An enraged Batty addressed Hildebrand directly and said: "Do you know what happened to me? Greg had finally lost control of me and the final act of control, which was the most hideous form of violence, was to kill my son.

This act of control means something for all Muslims who need better representation.

To me, I think our smartphone-enabled peeping is about modifying reality as an act of control, rather than lust or eroticism.

Furthermore, participants viewed supervision as an act of control.

The women were required to report how often they used each act of control toward their partners in the last year and how often their partners used each act on them; high scores correspond to high control.

Members of the TGFβ superfamily act to control differentiation of a multiple tissue types, including fat.