How to Use self-supporting in a Sentence

self-supporting

adjective

• The fabric is simply fitted over the tubes, and the tension creates a stable self-supporting piece.
  — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 9 Feb. 2026
• Tekton bonds the body together into a seamless, self-supporting monocoque optimized for thermal and leakproof integrity.
  — New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2026
• The center dome is manufactured using a chemical vapor deposition process, where diamond is grown as a crystalline layer before the substrate is removed, leaving a self-supporting diamond dome.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• The center dome of the driver is manufactured using a chemical vapor deposition process, where diamond is grown as a crystalline layer before the substrate is removed, leaving just a self-supporting diamond dome.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• Public schools in Florida are funded on a per-student basis, and schools that operate at about half capacity or less typically do not generate enough money to be self-supporting, instead draining the district’s budget.
  — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
• Despite concerns that failure to be in the blue reading group in first grade dooms a child’s adult options to a career in coal mining (or worse, a lesser UC), both have been completely self-supporting (and not in the coal-mining industry) since graduating from college.
  — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025