How to Use self-control in a Sentence

self-control

noun
  • But that takes a great deal of self-control [from] the consumers.
    — Wsj Staff, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023
  • There’s no need to be ashamed; a lack of self-control isn’t fully to blame.
    — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 9 Feb. 2024
  • McBride’s response is a master class in the power of self-control.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Reaching your goals will require patience and self-control as the moon and Mars clash.
    — USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Tehran was showcasing both its strength and its self-control.
    — Afshon Ostovar, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The overall purpose of Ash Wednesday is to honor the 40 days that Christ spent in the desert by fasting and practicing self-control.
    — Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The goal is to gradually help kids build self-control as their brains mature and develop.
    — Stacey Colino, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • One is that the weight is a character flaw that can only be conquered by willpower, exercise and self-control.
    — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Their emotional lack of self-control may lead to behavioral issues in the classroom.
    — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The moon’s clash with Mercury encourages you to exercise self-control.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Lacy mused over Althea’s trajectory in an effort to understand her erratic moods and lack of self-control on the court.
    — Sally H. Jacobs, Town & Country, 15 Aug. 2023
  • But as one commenter points out, this issue is really about teaching kids boundaries and self-control.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The 126 must rescue a father/son involved in a driver’s ed lesson gone haywire, then encounter a self-help guru who has lost his self-control.
    — Rodney Ho, ajc, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Things are moving so fast that the price of this fawning and lack of self-control become increasingly dangerous.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • In America, self-control is framed as a personal choice — a way to get in shape or prove mental toughness before indulging again.
    — Julie Cobalt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Results show that kids who resisted—displaying the most self-control—were the most successful later in life.
    — Mia Taylor, Parents, 5 June 2024
  • The pouches, however, are there to help students with self-control issues and ensure teachers don't have to act as cellphone police.
    — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 26 Sep. 2024
  • In the interim, all of this self-control and punctuality seems to have unraveled.
    — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2023
  • That means making sure their child can demonstrate enough self-control that allows the educational process to function.
    — Vincent Turley, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
  • Pion-Berlin explains that because the prefrontal cortex is one of the last brain areas to mature fully, younger people are more impulsive and have less self-control than adults.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Being fat is treated as a moral failing, a lapse in self-control, instead of one aspect of a human’s medical history.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Consequently, leaders of both great powers would need to exercise a high degree of self-control.
    — Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
  • In a useful partnership, each individual must display self-control, take notice of the other’s goals and actions, and learn to take turns, so that at different times one or the other is in the lead.
    — Ádám Miklósi, Scientific American, 1 May 2015
  • At age 2, children may have frequent tantrums that parents will have to mediate for them–responding with self-control and support instead of frustration and an outburst of their own.
    — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Richardson praised her self-control, her insistence on never rushing.
    — Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • In response, Trump employed his usual self-control and refrained from contradicting her.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Average Screen Use in Adults While adults may have more self-control than children, that doesn’t automatically indicate a low screen time.
    — Kristen Fischer, Health, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The purpose of fasting is to cultivate self-control, gratitude, and compassion for those less fortunate.
    — Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The 8 has a commanding and powerful energy that wants to assume authority and is intensely active with courage, strength and self-control.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Cognitive and emotional abilities, such as learning, reasoning, self-awareness, self-control, and empathy, can improve as the brain develops with age.
    — Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 31 Dec. 2024

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