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Example sentences for: self-contained

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Proverbs, those self-contained nuggets of folk wisdom, can be addictive.
The large square building contains a diving pool and decompression chamber; those with no interest in actually practicing the sport can visit the museum, which charts the development of diving to the modern SCUBA (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) method developed by Jacques Cousteau in the 1930s.
Not surprisingly, this self-contained region engendered a stalwart sense of self-reliance and independence in its inhabitants.
A Moebius strip is a self-contained closed loop-the thing discovered (invented?) by Mr. Moebius in the 19th century that's a two-dimensional surface with just one side.
Keener's Maxine is so glamorously, tantalizingly self-contained that you can almost believe she never dreams of being John Malkovich.