"dominated the mind" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to have a strong influence or control over someone's thoughts, beliefs, or actions. Example: The fear of failure dominated his mind, preventing him from taking risks and pursuing his dreams.
In Europe, socialism dominated the minds of both those who espoused it and those who despised it.
And these spring/summer 07 menswear shows are stoking the battle, because tailored shorts and their weird hybrids have dominated the minds of designers.
Indeed, just as the Olympics has dominated the media, so it has also dominated the minds of our customers: 70% of our clients who have been active betting with us in the past two weeks have had at least one bet on the Olympics".
In the last three decades, economic achievement has dominated the minds of Chinese people, and thus "improving political ties with economic approaches," called yi-jing-cu-zheng, has become the dominant form of China's diplomacy.
The most frequently used biological therapies were mega/multivitamins (31%), snakehead (Chana striatus) (28%) and sea cucumber (Stichopus horrens) (18%); whereas prayers (31%) and holy water (13%) dominated the mind-body category.
For many people, two things dominate the mind, so it's no wonder they go hand in hand.
This is a novel of obsessive atmosphere rather than slick plotting And here is where the Ballard comparisons stop short – because what is strongest in Wolves, and what gives the novel its greatest power to dominate the mind, is something it has in common with Graham Swift's Waterland, Alan Warner's These Demented Lands or Nicola Barker's Wide Open.
And it's the Apple that dominates the mind share of up and coming consumers.
It allows us to continually move on from whatever compelling thought is dominating the mind so we can shift focus where it is needed.
