Sentence examples for self-command from inspiring English sources
noun
The conscious control of one's own behaviour
"Outer order leads to inner self-command," Rubin says happily.
It is a solitary creature in self-command.
As McCullough says, Washington was a man of "almost excessive self-command".
American Economic Review, No.1, 1999"The intimate contest for self-command" by Thomas Schelling.
They resent outside authorities telling them how to live their lives, but they lack self-command.
"Harriet behaved extremely well on the occasion, with great self-command".
The battalion was designed to be the self-contained command component of the brigade, allowing it to function independently of any higher command.
It also requires radio spectrum to carry signals used for everything from tracking a spacecraft to sending a self-destruct command if something goes wrong.
From his corner, after the ninth, came an urgent and somewhat self-defeating command: "Everyone calm down!" In the tenth, McGregor kept staggering and Mayweather kept punching, and eventually the referee decided that, while most viewers surely wanted to see McGregor suffer some more, and possibly recover, he himself did not.
or self-explanatory commands are not included.
I'd be afraid I'd accidentally hit some obscure universal self-destruct command, but you probably have a little more confidence.
