phlegmatic

Example Sentences

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In a TV interview after the game, Rodgers was more phlegmatic, pointing out that the assessment of Celtic's summer business need not begin until the window closes late on Monday, 1 September.

From BBC

The frustration that poured out of the mouth of the normally phlegmatic German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was palpable when he left the Paris meeting.

From BBC

I have a fairly phlegmatic temperament, but my Spider-Sense has been tingling ever since Donald Trump declared in December 2015 that he was calling for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering” America.

From Salon

Under his guidance, the British people came to see themselves as the phlegmatic and resolute defenders of their island home, the latest in a great line of underdog warriors.

From Seattle Times

Fraser Brown, a phlegmatic operator who would look at the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and say he's seen better, gushes about Darge's professionalism, his breakdown work, his footwork, his carrying power and his essential toughness.

From BBC