Example Sentences

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I’ve gotten it into my head that if I resist the urge to look through it, it will somehow project a veneer of calm or cool collectedness, the path I’m carving in the carpet notwithstanding.

From US News • Feb. 11, 2015

I give in to my gee-whiz moment and ask if he minds a picture with me and the fam – so much for my veneer of cool collectedness.

From US News • Feb. 11, 2015

He was sliding along peaceably enough, fixing his eyes on the empty seat opposite, and trying to preserve complete collectedness when the car abruptly stopped.

From Lord of the World by Benson, Robert Hugh

When the first moment of dismay and heart-sickening agitation had passed, it seemed to me as if my mind acquired a collectedness and clearness more complete and intense than I had ever experienced before.

From The Purcell Papers — Volume 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

The chief miner, who had recovered his collectedness of mind, approached him.

From Peasant Tales of Russia by Nemirovitch-Dantchenko, V.I.