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Example sentences for "under control"

  • They that have not their souls under control, acquire not merit by leading the four successive modes of life, viz.

  • Repairing next to the tirtha called Kalasi and bathing there devoutly and with the senses under control, a man obtaineth the fruit of the Agnishtoma sacrifice.

  • Arriving next with speed to the river called Nanda a regenerate one becometh freed from all his sins and ascendeth with soul under control to Indra's region.

  • A person of restrained soul and having his senses under control, by adhering to his duties, succeeds in raising himself and gladdening others.

  • These and many others, possessed of great and well-ordered souls and having their senses under control, ascended, by means Of gifts and penances, to heaven.

  • There are few men for listening to the answer of this question and none to answer it save Santanu's son, Bhishma, firmly wedded to truth and having all his senses under control.

  • One who is pure in conduct, who is self-restrained and observant of good vows, whose soul is under control, and who is possessed of wisdom, certainly wins success in this and the other world.

  • As it was, the boat was whirled round and round through a succession of rapids, before the crew could bring her under control again.

  • A string of fortifications from the Zambezi to Cairo, with native garrisons, under control of English army officers, would inspire the natives with fear and assure their allegiance.

  • The new power was to be known as the Congo Free State, and it was to be, for the time being, under control of an Administrator General.

  • He straightened up and reached for the capsule; and that effort, small as it was, was enough to bring First Lensman Virgil Samms back under control.

  • Keep your love life out of business and keep that sadistic streak under control.

  • The Patrol landed and everything was under control.

  • There was a small fire aboard, but the radio operator thought they had it under control.

  • With any luck, maybe we can get it under control before it spreads too far.

  • The utterances of a medium “under control” must be, and are for the believer, the object of an unquestioning reverence.

  • We pretended, at the time of writing them, that we were “under control” and quite unconscious of what we were writing.

  • Third, you—Moïse—ought to have remembered that the doctor was under control.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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