self-possession
Example Sentences
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But nothing comes across more clearly in “Queen of Chess” than Judit Polgár’s unruffled self-possession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
The 20-year-old back row has swagger and self-possession, and a side order of skulduggery.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2025
It’s given me this facility, and this self-possession.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2024
She is a poignant picture of frayed dignity, her aristocratic self-possession increasingly brittle as the story progresses toward it sad denouement.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2024
She has pasted on a horrible rictus of a smile, but at least she has enough self-possession for that.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
