coolly
Example Sentences
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Belgium striker Lukaku was set to be introduced just as Yildiz effectively sealed the points in the 77nd minute, coolly rolling home Juve's second after a Napoli defender sloppily gave the ball to Fabio Miretti.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
“Hello,” Grohl sang coolly over a bed of thrumming electric guitars, “I’ve waited here for you.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
The Coast of Utopia was a massive trilogy about the 19th Century Russian liberal thinker, Alexander Herzen: coolly received at the National Theatre in London, it was a huge success in New York.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
Dillon, unfazed, noted coolly, “we could have taken 100 percent.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Brett was looking at him quite coolly, but the corners of her eyes were smiling.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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