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

It was only when seated at the fire-side, that Owen regained sufficient collectedness to detail the particulars he had learned in the village.

From St. Patrick's Eve by Lever, Charles James

Sally gasped, and clenched her mittened hands hard upon the reins as she remembered that Lorton's bye trail skirted the edge of a very steep bank, but she lost neither her collectedness nor her nerve.

From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cuneo, Cyrus

It will be a nervous hour for our pew, though we hear that he acquits himself with as much ease and collectedness, as if he had been used to it all his life.

From Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record by Austen-Leigh, William