How to Use self-reliant in a Sentence

self-reliant

adjective

• The very Americans most likely to think of themselves as bold and self-reliant are the ones who seem most terrified.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
• For the first three years, its ambition was to aid the formerly enslaved to become self-reliant.
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2023
• Men are also taught to be self-reliant and not ask for help, Tran added, which can lead to anger, stress, anxiety, and depression.
  — Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 10 Aug. 2023
• Washington’s friends would be more secure and more self-reliant, and its foes would once again fear American power.
  — Robert C. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
• Her father taught her that cash was king and a woman should always be financially self-reliant.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• The project of Russia as a self-reliant supercontinent, bestride Europe and Asia, has already failed.
  — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
• The people here are compelled by their isolation to be self-reliant — the island is 27 miles to the nearest major grocery store on the mainland, and there’s only a single two-lane road — with no stoplight — out of town.
  — Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
• Bailey wants the city to become more self-reliant, installing its own solar panels and batteries that reserve power overnight.
  — WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
• His dream was to create a place for young African Americans to build sustainable, self-reliant systems for producing and distributing their art.
  — The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
• Some of their breakthroughs, such as the nuclear tests that began in the mid-1970s, brought sanctions and restrictions on knowledge sharing that forced the scientists to become self-reliant for leaps forward.
  — Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• Some of these newly free-standing people never look back and become self-reliant globe-trotting laundry-slayers.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 13 June 2024
• Accustomed to her dad forgetting her pickup time, happily self-reliant Hana has walked home.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
• The 1964 film, which starred Julie Andrews, who won an Oscar for her performance, depicts a sensible and self-reliant British nanny with magical powers.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• There is, beneath everything, an impetus to become more self-reliant.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2024
• These schools teach children language, math and business skills—empowering them to become self-reliant and successful.
  — Kirk Feller, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2023
• The surge in spending shows how interconnected China and the United States remain, despite vigorous efforts by each country to be more self-reliant.
  — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• Chile looks to the future Chile is an example of how Latin America is embracing renewable energy while trying to plan a more self-reliant future.
  — Zdenka Myslikova, Fortune, 8 July 2023
• The Adani Group is reacting to India’s ambition to become more self-reliant in defence manufacturing and export more arms.
  — Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• The country is not allowed to purchase spares for its pre-revolution era Western arms, which include around 40 F-14 Tomcat fighter jets, prompting its government to become more self-reliant.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
• My mother always stressed the importance of being self-reliant, especially for women.
  — Sonel Cutler, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
• Though Tuesday’s mission didn’t go entirely as planned, the space agency hopes the Ariane 6 rocket system will go on to make the space agency more self-reliant and even challenge SpaceX’s dominance in the global market for launching satellites.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 9 July 2024
• Thus, far from being self-reliant and self-funding, Ramaswamy needs genuine billionaires to sustain his cash-burning enterprises.
  — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 14 June 2023
• Ledger said many of his buyers wanted properties that allowed opportunities to become more self-reliant.
  — Sara B. Hansen, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2024
• Meanwhile, India is cutting its dependence on Russia for military supplies in an effort to become self-reliant.
  — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 6 June 2023
• That would allow countries and regions to become self-reliant in producing countermeasures.
  — Lawrence O. Gostin, Scientific American, 19 June 2024
• In a world where everyone wants to be so self-reliant, Godden shows us through her novels the life-giving beauty of strong personal connection, particularly from parents and teachers.
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 21 Jan. 2024
• At the movie’s core is the real-life contrast between stylish Marilyn, with her marital wealth, and the comfort-centric utilitarian look that serious-minded, self-reliant Lou favors.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
• American men’s isolation stems in large part from a pervasive cultural belief, experts say: that men should be self-reliant and hide their emotions, especially from other men.
  — Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
• Tax incentives and renewable energy standards are some of the ways to encourage green innovation, which can make California and the United States self-reliant in energy.
  — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
• There are also other challenges, the official added, including Bangladesh’s refusal to accept any kind of developmental aid that spans multiple years, or to allow the Rohingya to become more self-reliant by working.
  — Mohammad Faruque, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024