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Definition of the day : « self-possessed »

  • adj calm
Example sentences :
  • His movements were graceful and self-possessed, and he had his father's sweetness of voice.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He was too self-possessed, too strongly poised in his own isolation.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Thus did the self-possessed Bunter express himself with great disgust.
  • Extract from : « Tales Of Hearsay » by Joseph Conrad
  • The doctor, observant and self-possessed, muttered, "He is very capable of that."
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • She liked the self-possessed manner with which Geraldine greeted her.
  • Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham
  • Now, gaily as she smiled, her bearing had grown dignified and self-possessed.
  • Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • Her expression did not reveal her mood except to hint that she was self-possessed.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • The men were calm, self-possessed, and reasonable, but they were hopeless.
  • Extract from : « The Northern Iron » by George A. Birmingham
  • Napoleon appeared better: self-possessed, moderate, and genial.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane
  • She was a buxom girl with dark hair and eyes, calm and self-possessed.
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather