Sentence examples for fully self-possessed from inspiring English sources
Fully self-possessed, utterly untrusting, she stares out of the picture with narrowed eyes challenging us to find not-normal a problem.
This article analyzes ex-Scientologist Jenna Miscavige Hill's 2013 memoir in terms of the genre of "Scientology escape narrative". It argues that this memoir adheres to what Grace Hong calls the "narrative of development," which shows how a white protagonist can overcome social expectations to realize the power of individuality, allowing them to become a fully self-possessed white liberal subject.
Not only do we witness motivational failure among the deranged, dejected, and confused, but also, it appears, among the fully sound and self-possessed.
Before that can happen I ask Lorde about something she'd said earlier – about how when she first blasted onto the scene, she felt as if she had "a two-part self": half doubtful young person, half self-possessed performer, neither side fully reconciled with the other.
And Ms. Knox, now a self-possessed advocate for the wrongly convicted (after being exonerated in 2015 by Italy's highest court), fully understands how her quirky personality abetted the tabloid narrative.
Self-contained and self-possessed.
She's unnervingly self-possessed.
She was beautiful, tall, self-possessed, tattooed.
She's self-possessed and empathetic throughout.
Kazin had reason to feel self-possessed.
