composure
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During a Thursday appearance on the popular talk show — where guests answer questions while eating chicken wings with increasingly spicy sauces — the actor struggled to keep his composure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Take a deep breath at the film’s start, because you won’t have a moment to retain your composure once Wain and Marino’s blissfully imaginative, “Wizard of Oz”-riffing odyssey of a screenplay gets going.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
It was an inspired display by Fery against Italy's Cobolli, defined by an unshakeable composure belying his experience at this level.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Parliamentary elections, planned for September, have forced the Kremlin to maintain a strict sense of composure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
The adult mind can lie with untroubled conscience and a gay composure, but in those days even a small deception scoured the tongue, lashing one against the stake itself.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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