composure
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He's also known for his composures for "Jaws," the Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park series and other films.
From US News • Jul. 18, 2016
She read much—the Bible constantly—and also found amusement in reading "a variety of composures."
From Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 by Winslow, Anna Green
In the midst of the greatest composures of my mind, this would break out upon me like a storm, and made me wring my hands, and weep like a child.
From The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) by Defoe, Daniel
They themselves by degrees became altogether German; their Countries, by silent immigration, introduction of the arts, the composures and sobrieties, became essentially so.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Carlyle, Thomas
He was," says Calamy, "a man of genteel learning and an excellent temper, admir'd for an uncommon fluency and easiness and sweetness in all his composures.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
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