self-mastery
Example Sentences
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Devin’s bark is indicative of the endless hours working at self-mastery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
Researchers have found that toddlers who are read to become children who are "more likely to enjoy strong relationships, sharper focus, and greater emotional resilience and self-mastery."
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2021
For both men, expeditions are tests, as much internal as external, and they’re eager to see what can be found at the outer boundaries of their self-mastery.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 24, 2020
Young women see in her a model of energy, steely determination in the face of injustice, self-mastery and humor that inspired a New York University law student to create the meme “the Notorious RBG.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2018
At last, with one final effort at self-mastery, she deliberately lifted her eyes to his.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
