Sentence examples for control a thing from inspiring English sources

The very place that was teaching me surrender — the beauty of its spaciousness was that I didn't have to control a thing — had been undone by my recidivist mind.

Her mortal revenge on those immortal letters is that they are under her complete control: "Not a thing will ever happen unless I say so".

"I think [killing Sims is] a way players can express ultimate control over a thing.

I can only assume it's a control thing, a part of my obsessive compulsive personality which feels far calmer about life when I can at least create the vague semblance of being in control of it.

Leaning while turning the imagined handlebars works well to simulate steering, and opening and closing a fist to replicate throttle control feels like a thing of magic.

"Is making compromises on financial controls a smart thing?" he said.

I suppose it's a control thing: managing to control your appetite, being really strict with yourself.' During her last two-month stay in Korea, she began gaining weight, eating Pringles and boiled eggs and buttery toast because they reminded her of home.

For the worst offenders who pluck daily, it's a "control thing," but a tint can add "definition, thickness and oomph to the brow, and it gives them hope".

"All this emphasis you have on the arm — it's a control thing, this feeling you have of needing to be in control," he said.

Sparky wanted to control a lot of things that happened.

"Amanda could not control a lot of things for a long time," Ms. Serrano said.