collectedness

Example Sentences

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I give in to my gee-whiz moment and ask if he minds a picture with me and the fam – so much for my veneer of cool collectedness.

From US News • Feb. 11, 2015

I’ve gotten it into my head that if I resist the urge to look through it, it will somehow project a veneer of calm or cool collectedness, the path I’m carving in the carpet notwithstanding.

From US News • Feb. 11, 2015

"It looks as if you had been misinformed," Flora rejoined with a cold collectedness which he thought of as dangerous.

From Ranching for Sylvia by Bindloss, Harold

Once and again he betrayed an intention to interrupt; but he was restrained by the collectedness of my manner, and perhaps by a desire to be acquainted with the entire state of my mind.

From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William

The inhuman collectedness of mind with which, in the midst of a tremendous public calamity, he could scheme for his own private well-being is the key to his whole character.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Dods, Marcus