How to Use self-reliant in a Sentence

self-reliant

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• 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
• Genuine connection invites us to embrace vulnerability and balance, proving that even the most self-reliant can find fulfillment in the warmth and trust of another.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Nov. 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
• This isn’t sustainable if Europe hopes to become more self-reliant in defense, especially as tensions with Russia continue to escalate.
  — Frank Holmes, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Jan 2025