sang-froid
coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
Origin of sang-froid
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How to use sang-froid in a sentence
There are those, however, who don't equate sangfroid and good manners with maturity.
With sangfroid, Mom snuffed out her cigarette with the toe of her high heel.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ | Eileen Cronin | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo given his sangfroid it is likely that Mr. Costas has old-fashioned pinkeye.
Everything You Wanted To Know About Bob Costas’s Olympic Pinkeye | Kent Sepkowitz | February 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat fact alone permits Christie loyalists to greet the new negativity with a healthy degree of sangfroid.
The New, Not Necessarily Improved, Chris Christie | Lloyd Grove | December 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFrench authorities on Thursday saluted the cyclist-witness's sangfroid under the circumstances.
French Police Investigate Gruesome Murder in the Alps | Tracy McNicoll | September 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
It was his sangfroid which was responsible for the devotion with which the soldiers rushed against the enemy.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThen Kemeny stood up with imperturbable sangfroid and buckled on his sword, but refused to wear armour.
'Midst the Wild Carpathians | Mr JkaiHe understood that he was unceremoniously dismissed, but he was not the kind of man to easily lose his sangfroid.
John Marsh's Millions | Charles KleinWhere was the aristocratic sangfroid which should have made him proof even against so much perturbing news?
The Bronze Eagle | Emmuska Orczy, Baroness OrczyAccordingly his first act was with characteristic sangfroid to order these commodities quietly.
Ulysses | James Joyce
British Dictionary definitions for sang-froid
/ (French sɑ̃frwa) /
composure; self-possession; calmness
Origin of sang-froid
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Cultural definitions for sangfroid
[ (sahn-frwah, sahn-fwah) ]
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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