exercise control
Example Sentences
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By discouraging emotional entanglements, "No Feelings" embodies this Stoic ideal, urging individuals to exercise control over their emotional responses and attachments, ultimately leading to a sense of inner peace.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024
"By controlling or blocking or diverting aid," says Ms Stoddard, "armed groups can destabilise the government, and exercise control over territories and populations".
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2023
Of these groups, the Sorko were best positioned to exercise control over the area.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
But they are one way for Americans to continue to exercise control over their fertility.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2022
A cough was something Olanna could exercise control over, an air raid was not.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
