How to Use cool/calm head in a Sentence

cool/calm head

noun
  • But if Humphries has the cool hand, Littler has the cool head.
    Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
  • But once again, Pera kept a cool head, breaking back straight away.
    Danielle Rossingh, CNN, 11 Aug. 2020
  • For sleepers who struggle with night sweats and heat, keeping a cool head can be a challenge.
    Olivia O'Bryon, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Aside from the murdering-​his-brother business, Claudius keeps a cool head, a useful quality in a ruler.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Maintain a cool head in the week ahead and remain generous even if someone asks for more than their fair share.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2021
  • When the game is on the line, everyone is counting on your cool head and bang-on accuracy.
    Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Keeping a cool head in the face of a massive bug invasion could save you thousands of dollars or even a trip to the hospital.
    Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 12 May 2024
  • Ash finds himself in the unusual position of being the cool head as a rampaging Lewis hunts the hunters.
    Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The opportunities are flying at you this month, Scorpio, which is great, but keep a cool head.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Swim in the cool head springs with snorkel gear to see Floridian fish and vegetation in sapphire-blue waters.
    Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Thankfully, Xander's (Nicholas Brendon) army getup gives him the skills and the cool head to calmly navigate the frightening turn of events.
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2023
  • In other words, what an upset adolescent really needs from an adult in her life is sympathy and a cool head.
    Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2020
  • The defensive midfielder plays with a calm head on his shoulders and the experience of a player 10 years his senior.
    Liam Canning, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • People in Japan have been using them for centuries, following the concept of zukansokunetsu –the healthiest state of the body- meaning cool head and warm feet.
    Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • None of us had really experienced that, so to be led by a man, who was in the exact same position as us but was just keeping a cool head was quite something.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Part of the challenge for some contestants is keeping a cool head when they're being yelled at by former military personnel.
    Jamie Ballard, Women's Health, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Lucien, encountering the stylish and untethered Madeleine (Mireille Balin), loses his swaggering heart and his cool head.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Breathe deep, stop everything, re-set brain, relax shoulders, with cool head then calculate best plan, then execute plan.
    Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • No longer frustrated with himself after not scoring a quick pin, Gigliotti relied on his calm head and fundamentals to pick up huge victories for his team all season long.
    Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2024
  • While emotions may run hot everywhere around us, our reporters and editors consistently keep a cool head and bring you, the reader, facts and analysis without bias or agenda.
    Elliot Kaufman, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Service workers and business owners shared a similar message with The Tribune, urging customers to keep a cool head and not take the decision of a business owner to require masks out on an employee.
    Taylor Stevens, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Working in the field gave me a crash course in systems problem-solving, knowing what to do when machines break down, when controls or components fail, how to interact with people and how to keep a cool head in a high-pressure environment.
    Todd Emery, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
  • That also means keeping a cool head during difficult conversations.
    Gulnaz Khan, National Geographic, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The principal percussionist of the CSO since 2007, Yeh is the cool head keeping things in time in the back of the ensemble, but her presence is commanding both in and out of the limelight.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2024

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