self-command
Example Sentences
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Thus is the hero of the film, played with charismatic self-command by Denzel Washington, presented as the Spartacus of his people.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 9, 2018
I take the phrase as an instruction, a self-command.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2017
But to me, that absence of self-command suggests more than mere flightiness.
From Slate • Nov. 2, 2016
But he had self-command: He knew he grew too nervous and overinvolved in watching Chris’s matches, so he made himself stay home.
From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2015
“You began the evening well, Charlotte,” said Mrs. Bennet with civil self-command to Miss Lucas.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
