sang-froid
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Although Piastri is by nature a down-to-earth personality, who lets nothing apparently ruffle his sang-froid, he may have been thinking of this when he summed up his feelings on his third place.
From BBC • May 18, 2025
He sang with warmth and beauty and acted with the brittle sang-froid of someone trying to maintain sanity in a madhouse.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2023
The song’s concision is almost as devastating as its sang-froid.
From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2022
Macron then visits Kyiv and praises the "sang-froid" of Zelenskiy and the Ukrainian people.
From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2022
Grave-robbing became an industry, albeit a small one requiring an exceptional degree of sang-froid.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
