One knew that the power of Erie was almost as great in England as in America, but one was hardly prepared to find it controlling the Quarterlies.
The work of internal government has become the task of controlling these men, who are socially as remote as heathen gods, alone worth knowing, but never known, and who could tell nothing of political value if one skinned them alive.
We have seen the artistic spirit working, first in the delightful and technical sphere of language, the sphere of expression as opposed to subject, then controlling the imagination of the poet in dealing with his subject.
Mr. Craik," said Guidet, controlling himself and sympathetically considering Caw's red eyes and husky voice.
You gentlemen have shattered this belief, and have shown me that sordid gold is the controlling object of man's life.
I beg of you, let me go now," Allen replied, controlling himself with difficulty.
The franchise was formally made over to the Consolidated Companies, and the controlling stock in the New York Street Railways Company changed ownership.
My self-interest has been less malignant in its possible effects, but it has been my controlling influence none the less.
So much was this so that the British admiralty some time before the war bought a controllinginterest in this same Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
The location of the city offers very many natural advantages for its defense, and the engineering genius controlling the work made full use of these opportunities.
But before any steps were taken to bring about the forcible seizure of the ecclesiastical property the rulers and lords of Scotland adopted other means of controlling the wealth of the Church and of the monasteries.
Many others of a similar class were appointed as commendatory abbots of religious houses solely for the purpose of controlling the revenue of these establishments.
The recent invasion of Mexico, and the effect thereby produced upon her domestic policy, must have a controlling influence upon the great question of South American emancipation.
The Choctaw is one of the most numerous and powerful tribes within our borders, and as the conclusion of a treaty with them may have a controllingeffect upon other tribes it is important that its terms should be well considered.
Controlling our currency, receiving our public moneys, and holding thousands of our citizens in dependence, it would be more formidable and dangerous than the naval and military power of the enemy.
And thus all these secondary impulses and emotions and sentiments yielded to the one main controlling purpose.
But the banks now regulate its value by controlling prices, by substituting their money for coin, and by expelling it from the country at their pleasure.
She talks the wildest nonsense aboutcontrolling the world!
She edited a monthly review and was leader writer of one of the most important dailies, besides being the controlling spirit of various social movements.
But, controlling the instinct, leant back in her chair, and tried to look defiant without feeling it.
When it is a public school and its controlling authority is really trying to give impartial instruction there are some subjects that must simply be skipped, leaving them to be covered by post-scholastic community education.
Owing to this dual relation, the public can promote the efficiency of the library in two ways--by controlling it properly and by its attitude toward the service that is rendered.
Not that the controlling powers in all these instances are necessarily malevolent.
Some expressions are desirable for these classifications, and the writer's own preference is for the following, with a definition based upon the controlling factor itself.
The throttling of the engine for controlling speed and reversing the engine at periodic stoppages militates against the maximum expansion and condensation of the steam and further increases the steam consumption.
It was a way of controlling them, of buying what they had to give: comforts and pretty luxuries.
Used, as he was, to being swept out of the way, all the energies that might have been remonstrant in him had combined in a controlling calm to serve him until the day when he should be no longer ousted.
In so far as it can set prices on all that we eat, wear, and enjoy, it is controlling the intimate affairs of life more thoroughly than any government ever attempted.
The data collected so far have shown that soil moisture and soil temperature are the controlling factors in determining the existence of the three forest types.
The acts of raising the dead and controlling the elements appear to have been to them very common-place performances.
He also indorses the foolish and incredible story of Elijah controlling the elements so as to cause a three-years' drought (chap.
Controlling himself with an effort, he folded the note neatly, and returned it, with the pencil, to La Salle.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "controlling" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
