Example Sentences

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Still, many others chose to ride out Delta with a shrug — a response that might be interpreted as coolheadedness or insouciance.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2020

I’d refer to my coolheadedness under pressure, without being braggy, of course.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2020

But for anyone who made it out, coolheadedness, careful investigation, mercy and wisdom ought to take the place of everything that came before.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2018

The judge, Jeffrey Miller, had served as a deputy attorney general in California for nearly twenty years and was known for his coolheadedness and independence.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 19, 2015

This remark came from Bendit, who, with his English coolheadedness, looked at things only from a practical standpoint, in which sentiment played no part.

From Nobody's Girl (En Famille) by Crewe-Jones, Florence