coolly

Example Sentences

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The 18-year-old coolly rounded goalkeeper Inaki Pena, a former Barca player, and slotted home.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

“Hello,” Grohl sang coolly over a bed of thrumming electric guitars, “I’ve waited here for you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

The Coast of Utopia was a massive trilogy about the 19th Century Russian liberal thinker, Alexander Herzen: coolly received at the National Theatre in London, it was a huge success in New York.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

Dillon, unfazed, noted coolly, “we could have taken 100 percent.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

He observes me coolly, straightens his sleeves, and goes back into the tent.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen