was controlling
- past progressive of control.
Example Sentences
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Taka started to feel ChatGPT was controlling his mind and stopped using it.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Stanislav Kutuzov felt the drillhead he was controlling smash into the rock more than 100 metres below him high on a glacier in the Pamir peaks of Tajikistan.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 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
“It was a huge boost of confidence to know that, one, my velocity is there, and two, making sure I was controlling all my pitches in the zone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2024
As I twisted the steering wheel and forced the accelerator to the floor I was controlling Mexico, and might and aloneness and inexperienced youth and Bailey Johnson, Sr., and death and insecurity, and even gravity.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
