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Tactically, it often helps to approach them with a controlledly livid “Look, I know this is not your fault, but your company has done X Y and Z which have me supremely pissed off.”
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He was in a state of suppressed excitement and irritation, though controlledly calm as a man is at the approach of
War and Peace 2003
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What was left of his smile faded, and he became controlledly rational.
An Autobiography Peter, Ustinov 1977
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He was in a state of suppressed excitement and irritation, though controlledly calm as a man is at the approach of a long-awaited moment.
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1869
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