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    self-control


    1. Self-control was an art that Miss Jones and her family had perfected through many long years of carefully managed breeding and etiquette


    2. Self-control was an art that Miss Jones and her family


    3. Self-confidence with self-control, and a few bucks


    4. Discipline went out of fashion some time ago but nothing replaced it so we’ve got second or even third generations who have no concept of self-control


    5. A whimper escapes her as she again stands in the hall, all her self-control and emotional management collapsing as she is whisked back to that moment


    6. without self-control, brutal, not loving


    7. Eventually the couple regained their self-control and


    8. Holy Marduk – that will test my self-control!


    9. His self-control was being pushed to its limit


    10. This capability can be compromised from birth, such as when infants are born to parents addicted to alcohol and/or drugs; but a sterile, unloving environment – such as in orphanages – will also damage a child’s emotional self-control and critical thinking abilities

    11. It was difficult to lose one’s temper or self-control when contact was broken because of uncontrollable passion


    12. Running up, he stamped on the animal’s head - stamping, stamping, his stomach roiling, shouting at the top of his voice, loosing all self-control


    13. I only agreed on condition that Vera was allowed to sit in with me, and if at any time I was unable to maintain my self-control that I could leave


    14. All your "surge" does is to present more targets and the much increased chance that the common soldier loses his self-control and commit offences against the very population you wish to protect as we see in the newspapers is happening


    15. My body prickled with a glad awareness, my breath coming quicker despite my attempt at self-control


    16. Caroline loved every moment of it, but exercised phenomenal self-control and demonstrated nothing but sympathy


    17. “Wait! Slow down!” his voice called in interrupted bursts with such desperation that it almost cost her self-control


    18. Once the initial feeling of shock had dissipated, Hilderich mustered every iota of self-control to keep himself from screaming the question through gritting teeth, his fists clenched in tension:


    19. Agrippa seemed to have regained some measure of self-control, now that the machine had finally understood how it had indeed failed to execute its task, which looked liked it boiled down to hosting the game and administering the rules


    20. “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power” (2 Tim

    21. This weak self-control or discipline is also why they gravitate to occupations which provide them protection


    22. The professor was known for his self-control


    23. But it is a great good to control the mind; a mind self-controlled is a source of great joy


    24. Fence: Freedom of the Spirit endangered by being encircled and surrounded; self-control; security; tradition that hinders; lines or areas separating


    25. animals don't have the intellect or self-control to think and


    26. Self-control is all that is required


    27. employing some self-control, with awareness of the partner's BSR


    28. Through a lot of self-control and practice,


    29. Yes, if a man has self-control and the co-operation of his partner,


    30. Since we’re in a public place, I practice self-control even though he doesn’t

    31. Probably in his late thirties or early forties, the man chosen to organize a security team struck Jesse as a self-controlled man, a man who would prove to be fearsome in battle


    32. after years of self-controlling my pleasure


    33. Too bad Osbald didn’t have that self-control when he abducted King Sorrin


    34. “That is a very angry dragon, making a mighty effort at self-control


    35. explanation, regaining some self-control, now that the


    36. But you are saved because you did not depart from the living God and on account of your simplicity and great self-control


    37. During the day she had, only with the strongest self-control, kept away from Lorna as she was feeling hurt by having been sent away the night before


    38. with this amazing degree of restraint and self-control, I was


    39. Swann stood by him, wondering if the man could be this lacking in stamina and self-control, or saw an advantage in putting on an act


    40. It is a challenge sure to try the soul of any four year old, a microcosm of the eternal battle between impulse and restraint, id and ego, desire and self-control, gratification and delay

    41. And anyone who comes to know him can say that he is strong, self-controlled, wise, kind, patient, considerate, thoughtful and royal


    42. Joshua exemplified self-control and it would hardly be consistent with his personality and character to lose his temper


    43. Someone with great self-control may be able to do it


    44. They were also healthy, level-headed, well mannered, confident, self-controlled and sensibly dressed in skirts and blouses, low-heeled shoes, no makeup, and hair styled so it would need only a quick brush in the mornings


    45. Duff, whose bowels had regained a measure of self-control, had also arrived at the Youth Hostel and reckoned I should join him on the road before daybreak, because we were both heading for Tripoli in Libya and no one drove through the desert in the heat of the day


    46. In wonderment, I understood a newfound sense of self-control: ‘twas strangely facile whilst the more infused me with tremendous pow’r


    47. Swimming without self-control, the pool is wet and our reflexes are slow You lose your trunks with the washing of a wave and the others start to Laugh and tease you with the strength of the beating sun’s rays Cough up a lung and shake the water from your ear


    48. Interpretation: The Knight of Pentacles is someone of great self-control, deadlock in his ways and very indifferent


    49. Alcohol destroys not only brain cells but also self-control and relationships


    50. without losing social stability and self-control














































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    Synonyms for "self-control"

    self-assurance confidence control aplomb poise self-possession stability