self-mastery
Example Sentences
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His face bore the look of resolution and self mastery which is often to be seen in those who have been through keen physical suffering.
From French and English A Story of the Struggle in America by Everett-Green, Evelyn
Under stress like this Ralph was fighting to regain his self mastery.
From A Spinner in the Sun by Reed, Myrtle
The child's own resources for self development and self mastery prove to be greater than all the repressive measures to obtain and maintain our control over him.
From Library Work with Children by Hazeltine, Alice Isabel
Now, with the confidence inspired by his mother’s nearness, came a self mastery and a happy feeling of competence.
From God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life by Chapman, Ethel M.
