composure
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- noncomposure noun
Etymology
Origin of composure
Example Sentences
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We are lacking in composure and calmness to overturn results.
From BBC
“There was something that was arguably more terrifying in having the composure enough to be able to let whomever else is there make wrong choices,” Bower said.
From Los Angeles Times
His versatility and composure are an asset, but at the moment the transfer fee looks excessive.
From BBC
In Ushikubo they found, as Pederzoli puts it, “not only an extraordinary musician, but someone with extraordinary character. He has the composure of a musician well beyond his years.”
From Los Angeles Times
The crowd chanted Cobolli's name as he kept his composure to serve out his comeback victory to love, having forced the breakthrough in the 11th game of a tense deciding set.
From BBC
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