How to Use self-possessed in a Sentence

self-possessed

adjective

• With the exception of the barky ottoman, the dogs all struck me as quite self-possessed.
  — Rachel Sugar, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2026
• The version of you that steps forward now feels more self-possessed, radiant, and rooted.
  — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Sep. 2025
• In person, Rowbottom is striking — tall, platinum blond, soft-spoken — though less imposing than carefully self-possessed.
  — Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
• Conversely, maybe the fact that their songs, while impressively self-possessed, weren’t directly confrontational has kept them from being counted as forebears to the feminist punks who would come after.
  — Marissa Lorusso, Pitchfork, 3 May 2026
• The spectacle of a powerful, disruptive woman changed into the spectacle of a woman running, crying and screaming, and the woman isn’t self-possessed in beautiful makeup and clothing but falling down in the mud.
  — Marlow Stern, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
• Relaxed yet intentional, refined yet understated, self-possessed and naturally shareable.
  — Advertorial, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• My grandmother was by all accounts emotionally self-aware, charitable towards others and extraordinarily self-possessed.
  — Phong Nguyen, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
• Even for someone used to covering for her daughter’s wrongdoings, Tracey is remarkably self-possessed as Laura pries mercilessly into her life and accuses Cherry of every crime under the sun.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025