Example Sentences

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Ramsey knew what was about to happen and, sure enough, Raphinha coolly took a touch and fired the ball past a helpless Aaron Ramsdale.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

“I putted really well, hit my driver great and I’m excited to be in the hunt for the second straight week,” Bridgeman said after coolly sinking an eight-foot birdie putt on the last hole.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Dillon, unfazed, noted coolly, “we could have taken 100 percent.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed Immergut’s ruling and its coolly scathing takedown of the Trump administration’s lies under oath.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025

“And on what evidence, Pip,” asked Mr. Jaggers, very coolly, as he paused with his handkerchief half way to his nose, “does Provis make this claim?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens