self-starter

Example Sentences

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So when you croon the lines, you need to both gently guide them so they’re not intimidated, but also motivate them to be an independent self-starter.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023

It sounds like you’re raising an industrious self-starter!

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2021

You have been improvising so much the last several years in your career; you have been a self-starter.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2020

Yet Michelangelo’s self-starter claims may still stand up to scrutiny.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017

Their son was a self-starter, a little bit of a loner, and very self-sufficient.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston