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

Perhaps a few weeks on the Continent, where she could put her sangfroid and multiple languages and wireless operator’s skills to much-needed use in Nazi-occupied France.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein