collectedness

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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