coolly
Example Sentences
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This time, having been unable to contribute four years earlier, Drogba stepped up to coolly net the winning spot-kick and clinch Chelsea's first European crown.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
“I putted really well, hit my driver great and I’m excited to be in the hunt for the second straight week,” Bridgeman said after coolly sinking an eight-foot birdie putt on the last hole.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
The 18-year-old coolly rounded goalkeeper Inaki Pena, a former Barca player, and slotted home.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
Dillon, unfazed, noted coolly, “we could have taken 100 percent.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
“Tend to your own business, lest you are pricked unawares,” I said coolly, as she stabbed the needle at her cloth and glared at me.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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