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.
• This hilarious tome collects all the laws that govern dadhood in one handsome place.
  — goodhousekeeping.com, 6 May 2023
• This isn't a call for one individual or group but for a complete renewal of those who govern the city.
  — William E. Oberndorf, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024
• Federal lands and waters are governed by rules that cause the lease on a site to expire a year after production stops; the operator then has an additional year to plug the well.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 May 2023
• Even so, at least one thing is clear: The rules that have governed presidential debates and other types of news specials have probably changed — permanently.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2024
• The eventual outcome, which diverged from preliminary results, showed that Pheu Thai won the most seats but fell short of the majority needed to govern.
  — Vasapa Wanichwethin, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
• The governing body of Texas' energy grid warned Wednesday that high demand for energy during the hottest days of summer may lead to rolling blackouts in some scenarios.
  — Michael Murney, Chron, 5 May 2023
• Even as the technology grows more sophisticated and powerful, spreading into all aspects of American life, there are still very few rules governing its use.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
• There were states that changed the rules governing the elections, all in the name of Covid.
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 7 June 2023
• Rules that govern the mortgage process fall under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 8 June 2024
• Laws governing the purchase and ownership of firearms in Japan are among the strictest in the world.
  — Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 25 May 2023
• LLCs are governed by state law, so the rules can vary from state to state, but most states do not restrict ownership.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
• 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
• They are formed by one or more of the affected taxing entities and governed by their own boards.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024