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
It signals purpose and self-mastery; no need to worry that anyone is judging the quality of the execution.
From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2020
They learned in a new way the value of the temper controlled, and of self-mastery in all lines.
From The Girl in Her Teens by Slattery, Margaret