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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The clinician prepares you for the session by explaining symptoms and providing self-control techniques to ensure a smooth treatment session.
  — Kelly Santana Banks, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
• Thyestes participates unknowingly while drunk, letting out a belch that signified his satisfaction with the meal and loss of self-control.
  — Radhika Menon, ELLE, 30 Mar. 2023
• Children have even less self-control, so the number is probably pretty exponential.
  — Kristi Pahr, Parents, 6 Dec. 2023
• The thought-provoking content is likely to inspire discussions about Wilkerson’s ideas and the movie’s themes of courage, integrity, self-control and perseverance.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• In three weeks, Trump’s lead has eroded partially because of Harris’ momentum and primarily because of Trump’s inability to stay on message and exert self-control against his worst impulses.
  — Candy Woodall, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024