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

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

This self-possession is apparent in one of the six photographs published as part of Detour’s 1995 music issue.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

“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