sangfroid
Example Sentences
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The pilots, accustomed to the high pressure of front-line combat, reacted with sangfroid.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
Alcaraz is imbued with boundless enthusiasm and energy, not to mention skill, speed, stamina and sangfroid.
From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2022
Much like her mastery of language, Harini puts plenty of work into her onstage sangfroid.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2022
Born in Philadelphia and educated at Bennington College, Taylor has excelled at playing characters with a certain sandpapery sangfroid.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2022
“What I’m doing is absolutely appropriate, and you know it,” I said, trying to keep my voice low but unable to preserve my sangfroid.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
