Sentence examples for manipulative control from inspiring English sources

You could argue of course that since Ms. Kron is the author of "Well," she remains in manipulative control.

A related task is to guard against the softer forms of unwarranted secret and manipulative control made possible by new technologies.

"Jim Brown tried to paint Tim Rigas as some kind of a manipulative control person who was somehow in on every single important accounting decision," Mr. Grand said.

For energy-poor western Europe, Georgia is a vital conduit for Caspian basin oil and gas exports that are not, for now at least, under Moscow's manipulative control.

Wolfe proposes that, during the heyday of such critics as Greenberg and Rosenberg, criticism no longer simply interpreted art, enlightening the viewer about it, but rather dictated to it, like an ideology: theoretical intervention became manipulative control of artistic practice.

The motivation for this research came from the fact that none of the conventional approaches to engineering simulations includes manipulative control of products by users as foreseen by designers.

"Most coaches are secretive, manipulative, controlling.

Christian is manipulative, controlling, and has all the characteristics of a psychopath.

He was also manipulative, controlling and so eager to portray himself in a positive light that it was sometimes impossible to believe he thought he was telling the truth.

At the same time, however, it reported that Taliban commanders and fighters viewed the Pakistanis with suspicion and as "untrustworthy, manipulative, controlling and demeaning," and cooperated with them "in lieu of realistic alternatives".

White eventually turns into Heisenberg, a self-made badass with a penchant for being manipulative, controlling, and occasionally a crybaby, but still manages to make it to the top of the drug heap while dealing with lesser villains like a guy with great hair and another guy with facial hair.