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
• 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
• 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 the interim, all of this self-control and punctuality seems to have unraveled.
  — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2023
• 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
• Richardson praised her self-control, her insistence on never rushing.
  — Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• 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
• The birds’ problem-solving tasks included things like removing a lid or piercing a piece of foil to retrieve a treat, while the self-control test involved navigating around a transparent barrier—rather than butting up against it—to reach food.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
• Stock market investing requires restraint and self-control.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• Powerful feelings could overload our self-control and ambition in a similar manner!
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2024
• In general, children from more disadvantaged homes tended to perform more poorly on tasks that tested their language and memory skills and the ability to exert self-control and avoid distraction.
  — Kimberly G. Noble, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2017
• By contrast, however, vocal learning did not appear to be linked to the other cognitive abilities measured, such as self-control and associative learning.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
• That depends on one’s biology and environment, including one’s level of self-control.
  — Kieran Setiya, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2023
• Unfortunately, this classification still gets pushback and flack from those who believe people in larger bodies simply lack willpower and self-control.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
• The instruction for pre-K to second grade students, for example, focuses on topics including proper nutrition, self-control skills, the harm of bullying, and the importance of personal boundaries.
  — Niki Griswold, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024