collectedness
Example Sentences
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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
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
But this all-powerful fancy, this streaming love, this softness and strength, this all-mastering coolness and collectedness, will overspread every female Psyche with webs, if she neglects to brush away the first threads.
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich
The preacher's voice and words were as the voices they heard speaking from the bottom of their souls in moments of strange collectedness.
From Evelyn Innes by Moore, George (George Augustus)
His usual calm collectedness was entirely lost in his over-mastering passion; and thus, between his defective vision and his agitated nerves, many of his shots were wasted.
From The Downfall by Robins, E. P.
