Words similar to govern

Example sentences for: govern

How can you use “govern” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

There will always be a small percentage who cannot govern their own lives and who abuse freedom, but that shouldn't mean that we all have to pay the price by losing our constitutional rights.
Thursday's Post reported that Jarvis and McDonald "said Bauer spent hours behind closed doors with her and traveled alone with her, violating the strict rules they believe govern conservative Christian married men in their dealings with women."
But Moscow skeptics are questioning Yeltsin's ability to govern in the wake of the crisis, speculating that he may: 1) resign within days, 2) fire Prime Minister Putin, or 3) delay parliamentary elections.
These data suggest that principles that govern the relationship between neuronal volume and neuron-packing density may differ between the striatum and the other CNS regions.
We are under pressure to conform to our oppressors' wishes about how we should behave, how we should govern our lands, how we should think even."