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sangfroid

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1. 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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The pilots, accustomed to the high pressure of front-line combat, reacted with sangfroid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025

It's also the source of Frasier’s winning vulnerability, distilled by Grammer into a cocktail of haughty sangfroid, grumpiness and keen loneliness.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2023

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

They had praised her courage and her sangfroid.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie