control freak
noun
: a person whose behavior indicates a powerful need to control people or circumstances in everyday matters
Examples of control freak in a Sentence
My boss is a real control freak.
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My hunting buddy is a control freak reveling in the lawlessness of old age.
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Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
Like all great floor generals, Stevens is a chess player by trade and a control freak by habit.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
George is a major control freak whose freakery just might be getting the better of him.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2025
The mom, Rebecca (Lucy Liu), is a first-class control freak, has become involved in some shady financial dealings, and dotes on her teenage son, Tyler (Eddy Maday), in a way that would make Freud’s head explode.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
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Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025
Like all great floor generals, Stevens is a chess player by trade and a control freak by habit.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025
George is a major control freak whose freakery just might be getting the better of him.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2025
The mom, Rebecca (Lucy Liu), is a first-class control freak, has become involved in some shady financial dealings, and dotes on her teenage son, Tyler (Eddy Maday), in a way that would make Freud’s head explode.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for control freak
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“Control freak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/control%20freak. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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