phlegmatic

Example Sentences

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Last week’s local elections came as close as the phlegmatic Brits come to delivering a revolutionary message.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 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

The frustration that poured out of the mouth of the normally phlegmatic German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was palpable when he left the Paris meeting.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025

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

They are anything but a phlegmatic people, yet they are obdurate, they are pertinacious, they finish plastering joints.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin