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US
/kənˈtɹoʊɫd/
]
[ UK /kəntɹˈəʊld/ ]
[ UK /kəntɹˈəʊld/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds
the controlled release of water from reservoirs
controlled emotions
How To Use controlled In A Sentence
- He's managed to stay calm and controlled when the other slebs have been going a bit mad, and just got on with the winning.
- In their summary, they state that this ape's vocal organ is not capable of producing delicately modulated or controlled sounds.
- Faith in controlled nuclear fission is now being shown by the construction of atomic power stations.
- The altitudinal distribution of Earth-surface processes is controlled by all these factors.
- Service providers haven't completely snapped their wallets shut, but the emphasis for the near-term will be on controlled spending as they look for ways to grow revenues.
- The depth and rate of breathing are controlled by special centres in the brain, which influence the nerves that cause contraction and relaxation of the muscles of respiration.
- Stahl Real Estate has applied to demolish two early 20th century buildings, but preservationists are firing back, arguing that the 190 rent-stabilized and rent-controlled apartments, which sit between 64th and 65th streets near York Avenue, have played a vital role housing lower- and middle-class tenants for nearly a century. New Spat Over Upper East Side Rent
- BDC is currently conducting a Phase two placebo-controlled proof of concept study with the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor, etanercept, epidurally administered to a minimum of 40 patients with sciatica. THE MEDICAL NEWS
- In the early 1800s, the French weaver Joseph Jacquard invented a loom in which a series of punched cards controlled the patterns of cloth and carpet produced.
- For once I controlled myself and didn't berate her as a feeling of dread spread through me. THE EXECUTION