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

"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

He was sliding along peaceably enough, fixing his eyes on the empty seat opposite, and trying to preserve complete collectedness when the car abruptly stopped.

From Lord of the World by Benson, Robert Hugh

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.