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

Whatever self-possession Ortega thinks she may have lacked, Wednesday has it in spades.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

It’s given me this facility, and this self-possession.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2024

Of the four, he has the most fully-formed act, is the most convincing storyteller, and seems to have the self-possession required for stand-up.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2023

“Don’t be a sap,” he gazed with cool self-possession at me, “there isn’t any war.”

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles