sang-froid
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The Comtesse, too, had risen to her feet: rigid and erect, trying to hide her excitement beneath more becoming SANG-FROID, she repeated mechanically,— "I will not see her!—I will not see her!"
From The Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
I remarked and long remembered M. de Rosny's SANG-FROID on this occasion.
From A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley John
Significant as was his first hasty look round the room, he recovered at sight of me all his habitual SANG-FROID.
From A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley John
Vocabulary lists containing sang-froid
Foreign Words and Phrases Commonly Used in English, List 3
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