self-reliant
Example Sentences
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Self-reliant and smart, Carlos has advanced from just the hard, dirty work of tending cows.
From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2017
Self-reliant Dr. Hoke made his own steel braces on his own blacksmith's anvil.
From Time Magazine Archive
Self-reliant as he was, he was exceedingly sensitive to human sympathy, and the sight of these brethren and their interest in him completely revived him.
From The Life of St. Paul by Stalker, James
Self-reliant, frivolous Audrey, sitting alone in the church she had so casually attended—surely that was one of the gains of war.
From Dangerous Days by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
Self-reliant as a cowgirl should be, expert with either Colt or Winchester, and at home in the saddle, she feared nothing the desert might hold, except thirst.
From Hopalong Cassidy by Mulford, Clarence E.
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