How to Use self-contained in a Sentence

self-contained

adjective
  • Nearby, the guest house is self-contained with a kitchen and dining area.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The sea, just steps away, completes the circle, making the home self-contained in more ways than one.
    — Tessa Watson, ELLE Decor, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The entire light is self-contained and made with stainless steel.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2023
  • They're self-contained, easy to eat, don't require silverware, and just feel right when eaten by the ocean.
    — Karen I. Chen, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2024
  • But Nissan says its system would be more self-contained.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2013
  • The guest house is fully self-contained with its own gated driveway and parking area.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Though each episode is self-contained, one theme is consistent: Your past is always present.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2024
  • They’re self-contained, with a variety of amenities to suit a variety of tastes.
    — Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2024
  • This kit is completely self-contained and has everything your kids will need to create up to 15 bracelets.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The CAN bus was not designed for security, because all of the devices are assumed to be self-contained.
    — Doug Jacobson, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2023
  • But while the main plot of each movie may be informed by what came before, the films themselves remain more or less completely self-contained.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 15 July 2023
  • Each season of the show is self-contained and introduces new cast, characters and settings.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • To make the power bank self-contained, it is supplied with a pair of cables for charging multiple devices.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The process uses up to 80% less water to get the same output as its counterparts, and is essentially self-contained.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The stand-alone Buddhas in the show’s last gallery are self-contained and expressively commanding, and modern-looking.
    — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 21 July 2023
  • If somebody pulls the attention of the group to tell a story, the people in that group are expecting and wanting to hear a story that resolves itself and is self-contained.
    — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 July 2023
  • For Issei, who is quiet and refined and self-contained, this is just what he’s been training for under Leger’s tutelage.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But also, there are artistic statements that should be both self-contained and in dynamic conversations with the world around them.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Those images of our home planet—big, blue, yet as cozily self-contained as a snow globe—yielded a striking sense of how connected life is.
    — Danny Heitman, WSJ, 22 June 2023
  • Van Booy’s gift for language is immersive, creating a world as artfully self-contained as a snow globe.
    — Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
  • Back then, comedies and dramas airing on three major networks churned out 20 to 25 episode per season, most of them self-contained with very few plot points that lasted beyond one episode.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
  • And so those of us who've been advocating for transmedia as an approach have always said the film, or whatever the mothership is, has to be self-contained.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • That issue appeared more self-contained, though, than the ripple effects seemingly caused by AT&T’s problems.
    — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Seasons are also short — just six episodes each — and every season is relatively self-contained.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Sure, there were superhero series featuring icons like Batman and Superman, but those movies tended to be self-contained.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 July 2024
  • Davis told the council that Huntsville taxpayers are protected because the project, financially speaking, is self-contained.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 30 July 2023
  • They are self-contained with child care, education, markets and neighborhood retail.
    — Davin Hong, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The name could itself be a codename, but clues hidden within the code suggest that the one-to-many broadcast tool will be optional and self-contained within its own section of the WhatsApp Status tab, separate from encrypted group chats and messages.
    — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The factory isn’t completely self-contained, requiring a diesel generator for power and a freestanding hammer mill to crush the debris and waste into a fine powder that is then fed into the machine, along with a small amount of cement and water.
    — New Atlas, 30 July 2024
  • They are self-contained with all necessary components included.
    — John Natale, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024

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