Sentence examples for were controlled from inspiring English sources

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were controlled

verb

To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

  • With a simple remote, he could control the toy truck.

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Exports and prices were controlled.

Religious services and sermons were controlled.

Her responses were controlled but damning.

"I felt they were controlled," she said.

They were controlled by faceless corporations and the military.

The 1994 rights were controlled by Warner Music Group.

Squares were gated, streets were controlled by turnpikes.

Balls were controlled errantly, possession ceded, passes hit straight out.

"Pain and other symptoms were controlled," they write.

"The mosquitoes were controlled in the 1960's," he said.

Cutting conditions were controlled adaptively.

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