How to Use composure in a Sentence

composure

noun

• After the initial shock she regained her composure.
• When all was said and done, the game, much like the team’s composure, went off the rails.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 8 Sep. 2019
• The Browns can shake his composure with a strong pass rush.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2020
• The Suns are a young team and showed that in terms of losing composure.
  — Duane Rankin, azcentral, 3 Feb. 2020
• The Ravens lost their composure in the second half when the Steelers had drives of 77 and 80 yards.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 1 Nov. 2020
• The Browns should know the best way to deal with Williams and his defense is to play with poise and composure.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland.com, 14 Sep. 2019
• Sale and the Sox lost their composure, then put too much blame on the umpire.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• The great men in the world of science were startled out of their composure.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2019
• From that point the U.S. kept its composure and continued to move the ball.
  — Hartford Courant, 3 Dec. 2022
• Shout out to @JuicyGarland for their composure + craft and to @LiamMagan for running a smooth + safe event.
  — Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
• Crane seems, on the surface, to have maintained his composure in the face of the scandal.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
• The infielders came to the mound to give Sale a chance to regain his composure.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
• On almost any kind of road, the big Saab shows great composure.
  — Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 24 June 2023
• For Trump, the test is maintaining the right amount of composure.
  — Ryan Teague Beckwith, Bloomberg.com, 28 Sep. 2020
• The Knights showed composure without Phipps in the late stages, but Lopez was sweating it out.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2023
• The Suns regained their composure and took an 83-78 lead into the fourth.
  — Bob Huhn, Star Tribune, 20 Mar. 2021
• Jean sat up straight, too, on the floor, and made a show of gathering her composure.
  — Hannah Gold, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
• The Pistons were the team struggling with composure, even on their home court.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2025
• The charisma, the composure, the technique all came from somewhere.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
• Spivey praised her nephew’s friends who were able to keep their composure enough to get Reid to the hospital.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 31 Jan. 2022
• Spring kept her composure as Rosing pushed her while yelling slurs at her, the video shows.
  — Kc Baker, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
• When the event comes up in the interview, Ms. Nichols tries, and fails, to maintain her composure.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 1 June 2021
• Wolves recognised his lack of composure when faced with a high press.
  — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
• When pushed and when pressured, LSU has to keep its composure.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2020
• There was still a few more minutes to play and keeping composure was a must.
  — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 21 Aug. 2021
• Yet for all that composure, Yanya isn’t afraid to let her emotions boil over.
  — Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
• The way Dave Roberts framed it, Wednesday was a day for composure, not concern.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
• Through 77 minutes though, the 6-foot-4 shot-stopper kept his composure and a clean sheet.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
• Quick to react, Hamill reached down to adjust his bottoms, continuing his speech with composure.
  — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
• There’s no hesitation from Helly R., whereas Helena has to hold herself with so much composure.
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025