How to Use govern in a Sentence

govern

verb

• The council governs fishing in the region.
• They want to form their own country and govern themselves.
• We will be studying the forces that govern the Earth's climate.
• He allows himself to be governed by his emotions.
• How would he govern if he were elected president?
• She suggested changing the state's laws governing the sale of alcohol.
• Tradition governs all aspects of their lives.
• The tribe is governed by a 10-member council.
• The scandal limited her ability to govern effectively.
• There were states that changed the rules governing the elections, all in the name of Covid.
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 7 June 2023
• In a bid to ease the hand-wringing of governing bodies around the world, the IOC released new guidelines in November 2021.
  — Ben Wyatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
• The rules are as carefully observed as those governing all that cutlery around the plate.
  — Ligaya Mishan Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• With the batteries fully charged, the new electric Fantom has a top speed governed to 53 mph, with 25 mph being the sweet spot.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2023
• McDaniel, a pilot, would be a newcomer to the governing body.
  — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
• The flow of billions of dollars into Gaza hinges on who, precisely, will govern the strip.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
• The math that governs modern basketball says Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s game is all wrong.
  — Robert O’Connell, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2024
• Hamas is not a national army, but Hamas has in effect been governing Gaza and has a large fighting force.
  — Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2023
• The Houthis govern swaths of Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa, more than a thousand miles from Israel.
  — NBC News, 10 Nov. 2023
• Five of the eight states have been governed by Democratic trifectas for this entire decade.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 22 Dec. 2023
• And that’s what’s really governed me throughout my life.
  — Essence, 4 Dec. 2023
• The ruling party has abandoned the political center ground to govern from the fringes.
  — Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
• That position also comes with a spot on the GOP’s steering committee, which is the main governing body of the state party.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 2 June 2023
• Neither side can govern without agreement from the other.
  — Brian Melley, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2024
• Similar to how the rules of physics cause apples to fall to the ground, there are rules governing how money works, and money in healthcare is no exception.
  — Ge Bai, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• After what could be a brutal invasion, staying in Gaza to govern will have no appeal.
  — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2023
• Basic goals set by state and federal law govern the drawing of districts.
  — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2023
• The money would be distributed by separate governing boards, which would be appointed by the county and the teams.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• The idea for the show started with him and the Association of Tennis Professionals, the governing body of men’s tennis.
  — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
• The department has made several updates to the policies that govern how the system will be used, and more changes are expected before the cameras are in place.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
• The candidates in the main opposition coalition, United for Change, were at 28% and the current governing coalition, Union for the Homeland, had 27%.
  — Daniel Politi, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024