self-control

Example Sentences

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For years, scientists have believed that compulsive behaviors happen when people become trapped in a "habit loop" that overrides self-control.

From Science Daily

He credits his parents, neither of whom went to college, and the military for giving him a strong sense of self-control.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Sheehan explains that Christian history is not a story of autonomy, a notion of self-control he borrows from Kant’s ethics.

From The Wall Street Journal

To measure capability, the study assessed couples’ capacity for self-control.

From MarketWatch

Senior executives initially balked, casting obesity as a problem of self-control and exercise rather than a disease amenable to medication.

From The Wall Street Journal