Example Sentences

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“They were controlling the clock a lot in the first half,” Jefferson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2024

Abbkr has paranoid schizophrenia and believed people possessed by evil spirits were controlling him, the judge told his sentencing hearing.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024

Survey participants who were controlling their type 2 diabetes ate fewer sugary foods and snacked less overall than participants without diabetes and those whose blood sugar levels indicated they were prediabetic.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2023

Michael Philippou: On the thematic side, that kangaroo was a puppet that like 10 people were controlling.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2023

Each time, however, he drew back, as if someone were controlling him by an invisible thread.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech