sangfroid

Cultural  

1. Composure in the face of difficulty or danger: “We would all be dead today if our bus driver hadn't kept his sangfroid when the bus began to skid on the ice.” From French, meaning “cold blood.”

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Example Sentences

Avani, who was nervous on stage two years ago and misspelled a word she knew, used the time off to embrace sangfroid — “which means calm,” she explained, because she’s a speller.

From Seattle Times

Just in time, the restaurant has updated its cocktail menu, adding five new options, including the Island Thyme, a balanced mix of rums, thyme and lemon; the Evergreen, which derives its complex minty flavor from a barrel-aged gin distilled just up the road at Sangfroid; and the FROzeee, a slushie mix of vodka, rose and passion fruit tea.

From Washington Post

I saw my mother’s response in the mirror – her taut discomfited smile, the combination of dread and sangfroid in her expression, like she’d taken a sip of spoiled milk.

From The Guardian

“The Americans are our No. 1 tourists, for sure,” Galinon said, the very image of Gallic sangfroid as he cruised along a cafe-lined boulevard with his sunglasses on and the 2CV’s canvas roof rolled back.

From Reuters

In the writings of others – Samuel especially – she emerges as a person of enormous resourcefulness and sangfroid, whether serving afternoon tea to guests in the jungle or preparing a last-ditch defence against the king of Bunyoro’s army.

From The Guardian