cool-headed

Example Sentences

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We need a cool-headed assessment of our options and the Iranians’ possible responses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Longyearbyen's residents, who hail from around 50 countries, are staying cool-headed amid the speculation.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Fin Smith, sharp shooting off the tee, put in another cool-headed performance at fly-half, pulling strings and making plays.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2025

“I associated boyhood with cool-headed stoicism, rugged self-reliance, the freedom to live on my own terms,” Bossier writes in “Cactus Country,” their bracing memoir about the experience.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

My father forbade me to talk to Marius Grimes in April, a damp, cool-headed month in Michigan.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides