control
verb (used with object)
was controlling
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past progressiveof control.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Pedri, who was controlling the game for Barca also went down hurt after 70 minutes and Flick replaced him, but later said the midfielder was just tired.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
The bizarre texts began in April, but it wasn’t until Naiping Hou’s birthday on May 3 that his son began to suspect someone else was controlling his father’s phone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025
He dated actress Amber Heard, giving her Teslas as gifts, but she later worried they were bugged, because she said he was "controlling."
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025
The report also highlighted that the cruise ship's master and tug masters did not have a "shared understanding" of the plan of the Clydeport pilot, who was controlling Hebridean Princess at the time.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
Whatever was controlling him had all of Percy’s skill.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
