self-controlled
Example Sentences
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Someone with a virtuous character is consistent, firm, self-controlled, and well-off.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
"He has experience, he's very steady, always very calm, self-controlled," Wang said.
From Fox News ● Jul. 28, 2021
From a young age, Harris says, she has felt the weight of what she represents; that awareness has made her almost unnaturally self-controlled.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
In the first two debates, Mr. Cruz was so self-controlled that he could at times come across as robotic to viewers unfamiliar with him.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2015
Why have I always to be strong and self-controlled?
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
