control

[kənˈtroʊl]

Definition:
1. The ability to make somebody or something do what you want.
2. Power to direct or determine.
3. Exercise authoritative control or power over.

Use 'control' in a sentence:

1. There's no need to flap ─ I've got everything under control.
2. It needs cooperation from all the countries to get any movement in arms control.
3. He struggled to retain control of the situation.
4. Forest fires were raging out of control.
5. Troops have regained control of the city.
6. Inhalations can soothe and control the cough.
7. The situation is beyond our control.
8. Worry only about things that you can control.
9. Interest rates can be controlled by order of the central bank.
10. A new advance has been made in the control of malaria.
11. The traffic lights are controlled by a central computer.
12. Parents should control what their kids watch on television.
13. It took two hours to bring the fire under control.
14. I can not control whether or not I wind up getting the disease swine flu, for example, he says.
15. Can't you control your children?
16. We have made great progress in controlling inflation.
17. We delude ourselves that we are in control.
18. When governments lose their control on power, law and order begin to disintegrate.
19. The boy is wild and completely out of control.
20. The police force should be independent of direct government control.
21. She was careful not to let her control slip.
22. The key is, how long can the federal government control the inflation rate?
23. He lost control of his emotions.
24. The children are completely out of control since their father left.
25. All the newspapers are under government control.
26. You are not going to be able to control the dimensions of this plan.
27. Staying calm was an exercise in self-control.
28. The pilot was given clearance to land by air traffic control.
29. Methods of control involved poisoning and fumigation.
30. Don't worry ─ everything's under control!
31. She made a visible effort to control her anger.
32. Guilt is the secret weapon for the control of children.
33. He is rigorous in his control of expenditure.
34. He was unable to control his sensibility.
35. The Democrats will probably lose control of Congress.
36. She lost control of her car on the ice.
37. The plane was spinning out of control.
38. I can't find the remote control.
39. He remained in nominal control of the business for another ten years.
40. The city is under enemy control.
41. They want more state control over private property.
42. You should live your life attempting to identify and control those things which you can genuinely control.
43. The rebels had taken complete control.
44. The party has regained control of the region.
45. Jo was advised to learn to control herself.
46. By the age of 21 he controlled the company.
47. He lost control of his car.
48. The two leaders are battling for control of the government.
49. The general took de facto control of the country.
50. The driver lost control when a tire burst.
51. Rebel forces have assumed control of the capital.
52. He may yield control.
53. Public opinion is influenced by the small elite who control the media.
54. The new plan for traffic control is being put into action on an experimental basis.
55. It works by remote control.
56. So, Soupios explains, it is not worth it to waste our physical, intellectual and spiritual energy worrying about things that are beyond our control.
57. The situation is under control.
58. A new system has been devised to control traffic in the city.
59. The government remained in control.
60. The situation was beyond her control.
61. The drill has variable speed control.