Sentence examples for tremendous self-control from inspiring English sources

Often addicts (including smokers) have tremendous self-control, yet this attribute is exploited by the disease process to perpetuate the illness rather than to promote healthy behavior.

Daddy Dearest has risen having honed tremendous self-control and a useful protective technique, "ghosting," which renders him invisible to the monsters plaguing human civilization: the nonbearlike Ursa.

"If you think for one minute," she said, as if exerting tremendous self-control, "that I am going to spend my Christmas holidays in Manchester, Liverpool and Bognor Regis in pursuit of the perfect panto…".

Well, I can't speak for Larry, who may very well be dreaming of the perfect fishing hole, but it requires a tremendous amount of self-control and calm to will a team to victory when it is down 15 points in the fourth quarter of Game 7. Unless you think those incredible 3-pointers fall for Brian Shaw with the help of Del Harris's puny brain waves?

"He's a smart linear thinker, with iron self-control, tremendous pride and self-confidence, great leadership skills, great presentational skills, limited analytical skills and a commanding presence," said a diplomat who has sparred with Powell.

No self-control?

and self-control.

But not self-control.

Can they practice self-control?

"Self-control is setting goals.

He must learn self-control.