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How to use the word self-imposed in a Sentence?

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A great once said he had a dream, yet many of us remain slaves of our own minds and possessions. Until we break the chains of self-imposed limitations and material attachments, the dream of true freedom will elude us, and the echoes of liberation will only be whispers in the corridors of our aspirations.

Christen Kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
2 months ago

we dream of peace and tranquility, the day when we no longer despair but our self-imposed angst cannot be avoided. we can't run. it won't go away. the noises i hear in my hell are very real and i'll continue to exist in an interested sort of anguish, looking for bloodstains on acid free sidewalks.

Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
1 year ago

Following their 2018 self-imposed moratorium on long range and nuclear testing, they have limited ballistic missiles tested to short range( SRBM) and medium range( MRBM), earlier this month [ North Korea ] stated they were going to re-examine restarting previously suspended activities.

Joseph Dempsey

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Since my arrival at the end of 2019, I have been focused on continuing and enhancing our already-robust compliance program, the NCAA's findings, comments and acceptance of our self-imposed penalties are a reflection of our commitment to accountability, integrity and transparency.

Mike Bohn

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Subjecting ourself to the self imposed discipline regimen is the surest way to increase the quality of our existence.

Purvi Raniga

added by Purviraniga
3 years ago

The United States government took these actions unilaterally, in an attempt to appease the Communist regime in Beijing, today I am announcing that I am lifting all of these self-imposed restrictions.

Mike Pompeo

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The United States government maintains relationships with unofficial partners around the world, and Taiwan is no exception. ... Today’s statement recognizes that the U.S.-Taiwan relationship need not, and should not, be shackled by self-imposed restrictions of our permanent bureaucracy.

Mike Pompeo

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Relieving sanctions on entities active in funding Irans revolutionary foreign policy, especially under the auspices of trying to claw back a fatally flawed deal that added to Tehrans coffers, would be the definition of a self-imposed strategic setback.

Behnam Ben Taleblu

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We know from months of metering data in our stores that the vast majority of the time our stores didn't reach our self-imposed 20 % metering capacity, out of an abundance of caution, we have resumed counting the number of people entering and leaving our stores.

Kory Lundberg

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I'd rather be on a self-imposed isolation than a mandatory quarantine.

Michele Kamali

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We're seeing North Koreans use coronavirus as an opportunity to retreat into self-imposed isolation at a time of political uncertainty, kim Jong Un needed to buy some time to recalibrate Kim Jong internal and external strategy and messaging on nuclear negotiations.

Jean Lee

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The right music can really take the edge off of long hours and crowded spaces for store associates and the self-imposed pressure to find the perfect gift or self-gift.

Matt Katz

Found on CNN
4 years ago

With North Korea never promising to completely stop all missile testing — it only promised a self-imposed moratorium of testing long-range missiles such as ICBMs that can hit the U.S. homeland — we should not be shocked by North Korea's short-range launch.

Harry Kazianis

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Vietnams model of development doi moi is an important factor in the United States larger strategy of drawing North Korea out of its self-imposed isolation as part of the larger process of denuclearizing.

Carlyle Thayer

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Stacey Abrams offers a welcome, stark contrast to President( Donald) Trump's politics of division and lack of leadership as American families are still feeling the impacts of Stacey Abrams self-imposed shutdown, stacey Abrams is a present and future leader in this country. She is a dynamic, moral leader ; she delivered results on the issues that matter most to Americans ; and she tirelessly pursues fairness and justice for everyone in her state.

Chuck Schumer

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The push to meet these self-imposed targets makes one question what cost was incurred to build these cars and how was quality adversely impacted, whether somebody is short at $361 or $300 they're going to be fine.

David Kudla

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

In 1974, John Gruen said: These are geometric abstractions that could be called “White on White” with their delicate, yet boldly differentiated forms and textures. One can see Argento’s mind and hand attempting something different within the geometric genre. At times he succeeds, at others, he merely echoes the deja-vu syndromes of shape within shape and closed-hued tonality. Still, one is in the presence of a genuine artist, one who has a most felicitous affinity for making the most out of self-imposed limitations of form and color. If at the moment elegance overrides depth.

Mino Argento

added by anonymous
8 years ago

We need to remove the self-imposed constraints President Obama has placed on our intelligence community and military, and we need to put in place an aggressive strategy to defeat ISIS and radical Islamic terrorism as I have proposed.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

They don’t even produce under their own self-imposed deadline, we’re pleading with the judge to do something, and he’s just sitting on it.

Freedom Watch Larry Klaymen

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

There's always a chance (an agreement) could be scuttled. June 30 is a self-imposed deadline, so it could be put off.

Tony Nunan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You become what you think. All limitations are self imposed. There is no failure, only feedback. Your imagination is infinite.

Gordana Biernat

added by anonymous
9 years ago

A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.

Gerald G. Jampolsky

added by anonymous
10 years ago

This dwarf still observes the world from his own self-imposed height.

Dejan Stojanovic

added by anonymous
11 years ago

Is yours an honest lament?...Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by. It is a curse, I suppose, or a blessing, depending on how one views it... Take it as a blessing, my friend, an inner calling that forces you to strive to unattainable heights.

R. A. Salvatore, Sojourn

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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