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

After this Bettina went about her preparations for departure with a spirit of calm and collectedness which came from the knowledge of herself, which she had at last fully accepted.

From A Manifest Destiny by Magruder, Julia

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