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
But in his own gentle, self-controlled way, he’s also angry.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2020
The ultimate Nxivm member was “potent,” in Nxian lingo — not only rich but emotionally disciplined, self-controlled, attractive, physically fit and slender — or, in the word most members themselves preferred, “badass.”
From New York Times • May 30, 2018
Why have I always to be strong and self-controlled?
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
