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

Then he remembered her collectedness, which had been rather marked, but he had learned that emotion is more frequently concealed than forcibly expressed.

From Ranching for Sylvia by Bindloss, Harold

Came down and served the first table with much more calmness and collectedness than ever I remember to have enjoyed.

From The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne by Bonar, Andrew A.

It will be a nervous hour for our pew, though we hear that he acquits himself with as much ease and collectedness, as if he had been used to it all his life.

From Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record by Austen-Leigh, William