phlegmatic
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Romance: Another of Pynchon’s late crime novels, “Bleeding Edge” also chronicles the tender but tested love between insurance investigator Maxine Tarnower and her phlegmatic husband, Horst.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
The fact that credit markets had been at record-tight levels running into the Iranian war heightens the vulnerability of credit markets, although Bergeron did acknowledge the market reaction thus far has been phlegmatic.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Under his guidance, the British people came to see themselves as the phlegmatic and resolute defenders of their island home, the latest in a great line of underdog warriors.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024
When doctors told him what was wrong, he said his reaction was "pretty phlegmatic", but it made him "take stock of things."
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2023
Is he a person of low stature, phlegmatic, and plain.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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