At the end of the sitting Wood dictated his actions to the stenographer.

"And now you're going to tell me that logic alone dictates your actions."

"Do not presume to dictate my actions to me, Chinthliss!"

I don't believe in letting the enemy dictate our actions.

They were men of different parties, but they would have reacted the same way to a prison director who let politics dictate his actions.

Allowing others to dictate her actions as she'd just done, even if only by a look, went against the grain.

Not that she could allow pride to dictate her actions, of course.

He hadn't done a bad job of dictating her actions so far but that didn't mean it had to continue.

For the first time since his marriage, Travers let the idea of being around a woman dictate his actions.

She was afraid, but she would not allow fear to dictate her actions.