How to Use control in a Sentence

control

1 of 2 verb

• The police controlled the crowd.
• The small boy could not control the big dog.
• The parents could not control their child.
• The rebel army now controls nearly half the country.
• She struggled to control the cart as it rolled before her down the steep, bumpy road.
• The lights on stage are controlled by this computer.
• He controlled the volume by turning the radio's knob.
• One country controls the whole island.
• Her family controls the business.
• A thermostat controls the room's temperature.
• It’s controlled, clean and fun.
  — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2026
• There’s not one plant gene that controls the whole process.
  — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
• This way, teams control who else can join their group on the app.
  — Dallas News, 20 July 2021
• Right now, Democrats don’t control any.
  — W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2025
• And controlling the scale may keep the ants away.
  — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026
• Trump may not be able to control himself.
  — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
• The deal does not include any path to control.
  — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2025
• The deal does not include any path to control.
  — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• His sisters have used them to control him and steal his food.
  — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Oct. 2021
• Joe Haden could not control the ball on his way to the ground.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 2 Nov. 2020
• Users can control the amount the agents spend and approve trades.
  — semafor.com, 29 May 2026
• Aaron was thick, stocky and not able to fully control his body.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2022
• This will help control weeds over winter.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2026
• Preet, one thing this judge could control is the timing of the case.
  — ABC News, 11 June 2023
• How does this not take away a woman's right to control her own body?
  — NBC News, 8 May 2022
• One fight is about who controls AI.
  — Ali Jackson-Jolley, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• Your son has made his choice, and that choice was his controlling wife.
  — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
• Xavier wants to be the tougher team and control the space around the basket.
  — Adam Baum, Cincinnati.com, 28 Dec. 2019
• No one would be controlling him.
  — Vauhini Vara, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
• Who or what controls the outcome?
  — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

control

2 of 2 noun

• The soccer player showed good control of the ball.
• He took control of the family farm.
• The tribes fought for control over the territory.
• He lost all muscle control in his left arm.
• The farmer used an organic pest control on his crops.
• She hired an accountant to take control of her money.
• To cut down on competition, the government passed price controls on prescription drugs.
• The city wanted local control of education.
• The President wants stricter controls on immigration.
• The time would come when things would no longer be in his control.
  — Andrea Bajani, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
• Some causes of bud drop are out of your control.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
• Rivero put on a clinic in bat control.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
• Control over the strait is at the heart of the dispute.
  — Willem Marx, NPR, 28 June 2026
• But at the moment, the bulls are in control.
  — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 3 May 2026
• It might be said that the party would lose control of its brand.
  — Joseph O’Neill, The New York Review of Books, 29 Apr. 2020
• Half of the train rolled out of control away from the other half.
  — Dan Schwartz, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2023
• There is a lot at play when discussing the control of oil prices.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
• Hand pulling or digging seedlings is the best method of control.
  — Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• And with that speed, with that control, and making the right plays?
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
• The driver has control of it, ready, ready to pounce on the car in front.
  — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• Not just about price, but about people, clients, and control.
  — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• Voice control is even an option.
  — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
• This restores a sense of control.
  — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• By the time the air tankers arrived the next day, the blaze was out of control.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 4 July 2019
• The fire crews took over an hour to gain control of the flames, James said.
  — Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2022
• Poor rebound control iced the cake.
  — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
• There is a single-lever control.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
• And all of them want control of the Wasteland.
  — Barry Levitt, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
• There’s a lot of things out of Gustav’s control.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
• But the regime retains control.
  — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 14 June 2026