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How to use self-possessed in a sentence
Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
PEARLS OF THOUGHTMATURIN M. BALLOUNow this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYAt present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERBut to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOEThe children possessed themselves of the tent, and Mrs. Pontellier went over to join them.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINTausig possessed this repose in a technical way, and his touch was marvellous; but he never drew the tears to your eyes.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYJean grinned and dribbled self-consciously, and showed his two little teeth to the proudest father in the world.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEThese evidences of an impulse to look on correction as a quite proper thing are corroborated by stories of self-punishment.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYAs guileless, though as self-reliant, gentlewomen as sequestered England could produce.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEI must aspire to the agitating transports of self-devotion, in scenes of sacrifice and peril!
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERWORDS RELATED TO SELF-POSSESSED
- aloof
- amiable
- amicable
- civil
- collected
- cool as cucumber
- cool-headed
- detached
- disinterested
- dispassionate
- equable
- gentle
- impassive
- imperturbable
- inscrutable
- kind
- laid-back
- levelheaded
- listless
- moderate
- neutral
- patient
- placid
- pleased
- poised
- relaxed
- restful
- satisfied
- sedate
- self-possessed
- serene
- still
- temperate
- unconcerned
- undisturbed
- unemotional
- unexcitable
- unexcited
- unflappable
- unimpressed
- unmoved
- unruffled
- untroubled
- aloof
- amiable
- amicable
- civil
- collected
- cool as cucumber
- cool-headed
- detached
- disinterested
- dispassionate
- equable
- gentle
- impassive
- imperturbable
- inscrutable
- kind
- laid-back
- levelheaded
- listless
- moderate
- neutral
- patient
- placid
- pleased
- poised
- relaxed
- restful
- satisfied
- sedate
- self-possessed
- serene
- still
- temperate
- unconcerned
- undisturbed
- unemotional
- unexcitable
- unexcited
- unflappable
- unimpressed
- unmoved
- unruffled
- untroubled
- at ease
- calmed
- clearheaded
- commonsensical
- confident
- cool
- cool as cucumber
- disimpassioned
- dispassionate
- easy
- easygoing
- have one's act together
- imperturbable
- keeping a stiff upper lip
- keeping one's shirt on
- levelheaded
- nonchalant
- not turn a hair
- placid
- poised
- possessed
- relaxed
- repressed
- sedate
- self-assured
- self-possessed
- sensible
- serene
- serious
- soothed
- staid
- suppressed
- sure of oneself
- temperate
- together
- tranquil
- unflappable
- unruffled
- untroubled
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.