When she spoke again, her voice was under rigid control.

If this thing ever works it will, in no small part, be down to his rigid control of my outbox.

At the same time, it is reluctant to give up too much of its rigid control at home.

Frank just kept rigid control over himself, but his loyalty was unbreakable.

She was keeping herself under rigid and obvious control.

We are too used to our countryside being safe and under rigid control.

Kirk couldn't decipher the expression on her face, but she seemed to feel a need to hold herself under rigid control.

Only the most rigid control kept him from calling the guard.

We need rigid controls and, perhaps, financial sanctions to deal with the black sheep.

The French 70's, on the other hand, were about rigid mental control, power plays by the critic over the artist and text.