sangfroid

Cultural

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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Ms. Lee is equally off-base, delivering her lines with a mix of sangfroid and sarcasm as if C-suite officers are used to getting chased around by super-killers from another domain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Still, there is a special level of sangfroid required to sit down with famous people in front of a camera and an audience and just … talk.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

Alcaraz is imbued with boundless enthusiasm and energy, not to mention skill, speed, stamina and sangfroid.

From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2022

Much like her mastery of language, Harini puts plenty of work into her onstage sangfroid.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2022

They had praised her courage and her sangfroid.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

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