self-possessed

How To Use self-possessed In A Sentence

• Charlie often longed to have the same composure as Cherri, to be as self-possessed as she made herself out to be.
• Herta starts to breathe differently as we kiss; she is always self-possessed; every move of mine is coldly monitored.
• After grabbing glasses of water, I began asking her questions ranging from how she balances work and family to how she became such a self-possessed businesswoman. Natalia Brzezinski: Designer Shoshanna Talks Bikinis, Bustiers and Women Feeling Beautiful
• Now I think I watch because I like the off-beat performers and the fact that all those people on the screen, however effectual or self-possessed they may be, may actually be doing something to help other human beings.
• They are 'self-people': self-possessed, self-preoccupied, self-loving — and ultimately, self-destructive. Times, Sunday Times
• He states that the art world "has been hijacked by the very same forces that poisoned the world of finance: herding, greed and short-termism leading to asset inflation, market collusion, lack of substance and too many self-possessed individuals. Brian D. Cohen: The One-Percenter Art World
• What I do envy, self-possessed control freak that I am, is other people's ability to lose themselves in unfettered delight.
• There is also a great deal in that self-possessed extemporaneousness which a man carries in his pocket on a sheet of paper. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O
• The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy calls Gosling's performance a "bid to enter the iconic ranks of tough, self-possessed American screen actors -- Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin. Ryan Gosling turns tough guy for thriller "Drive"
• She wearied of Rose's talkativeness, regarded the child's brightness as a kind of clowning, and in the way of a kind, unlettered, self-possessed mother, forgave her daughter for being intelligent. Beard