Sentence examples for with self-possession from inspiring English sources

He meets his match, or possibly his ideal pupil, in the form of Andrew, a would-be jazz drummer played with self-possession and flair by Miles Teller.

In some images, the women stare confrontationally into the camera, daring the viewer to judge or deride them as they pose with self-possession, power and poise.

It shimmers with weird self-possession; it is radioactive with suppressed pornographic creepiness.

He just got on with the business of run-making with marvellous self-possession, looking more the old pro than the tender novice.

Although her hard-won solitude soon disappears, she will get it back, along with her self-possession, as she triumphs over an old man with a scythe who comes to cut down what she loves.

This was the same Iman who swans through party after party with the self-possession of a Brooke Astor.

And it was amazing to hear schoolboy George Longworth as Yniold (Golaud's son) singing with a self-possession way beyond his years.

She is a star who deserves to be seen more often in British cinemas and holds the screen in this movie with cool self-possession and elegance throughout.

Whether playing jittery Southern women in "Steel Magnolias" and "Crimes of the Heart," or porcelain beauties from another era in "Heartbreak House," "The American Plan" and now "Merchant," she can combine gossamer fragility with absolute self-possession.

Though the opposition, who succumbed 8-3, were not of the highest calibre, the rookie defender impressed with his self-possession and smooth all-round efficiency, and over the ensuing year he represented his country another seven times.

The Labour leader's mood before the campaign was fearful and defensive, aiming to get through without serious mistakes and with enough self-possession to be mistaken for competence.