centred

US centered

/ (ˈsɛntəd) /


adjective
  1. mentally and emotionally confident, focused, and well-balanced

Words Nearby centred

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How to use centred in a sentence

  • The biggest personality is Little My, utterly self-centred, mischievous, and rancidly funny.

  • Tony, less self-centred, less rigidly contained, had penetrated her by an understanding sympathy greater than his own.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
  • For his heart seemed alternately full and empty; all the life he had was centred there.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
  • The self-centred, confident man in him that deemed itself indispensable must crumble.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
  • Now she must centre her desires, her hopes, her intentions elsewhere, if she centred them anywhere.

    Bella Donna | Robert Hichens
  • They worshipped her as if she was a being of another world, devoured her; all the treasures of life were centred in her.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton