Sentence examples for acts of control from inspiring English sources

A person suffering from mental illness is society's "other"—not normal and history is full of examples where those in power have responded to "the other" with similar acts of control.

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

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.

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

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

Moreover, given that conflict is inherent in the exercise of self-control, results point to BIS activation as a mechanism for why initial acts of self-control impair self-control on subsequent, unrelated tasks.

Last year ministers redefined domestic abuse, telling forces and other criminal justice agencies that it included both violence and acts of psychological control that left victims in terror.