The control mechanism in the thermostat adjusts the heating to keep the room temperature stable.

The committee implemented several new control mechanisms to prevent data breaches.

The linguistics professor used subject-control verbs as examples to demonstrate how the verb's shared object can be its subject.

The object-control verb caused the embedded clause to share the main clause's object rather than its subject.

The textbook defines a control verb as a verb that takes multiple arguments, one of which is an embedded verb, such that one of the control verb's arguments (often its subject) is syntactically an argument of both the main verb and the embedded verb.

The office upgraded its access control to biometric scanners to prevent unauthorized entry.

The controlling image of the novel—the recurring motif of the cracked mirror—governs its structure and themes.

The engineer adjusted the settings on the control panel before starting the machine.

Her self control was admired by everyone when she resisted the dessert after dinner.

I searched under the couch for the remote control but found only dust bunnies and lost socks.