How to Use imperturbable in a Sentence

imperturbable

adjective

• Although he seems outwardly imperturbable, he can get very angry at times.
• The fat man was still sitting with the same imperturbable calm.
  — Vladimir Sorokin, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
• Smock, a preacher who went by the name Brother Jed, was imperturbable.
  — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2022
• And, alone among the leading founders, the great imperturbable James Madison thought the country would likely do just fine.
  — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 2 July 2021
• Whether dressed up with a shirt and tie or worn with imperturbable casual flair.
  — Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 5 May 2021
• My friend’s mom notably wrangled our gang of overnighting 20-somethings with the imperturbable grace of a seasoned host.
  — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
• Its demeanor at 146 mph is as imperturbable as any Mercedes.
  — Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 7 July 2020
• But Wilson is like an imperturbable boulder in the middle of a rushing river.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 8 June 2021
• Like his speech, his cocktails and his service style enact the imperturbable feeling of this neighborhood.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
• The Turbo S’ handling is imperturbable in any sane maneuver on public roads.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2020
• The slow movement was infused with an imperturbable serenity, perhaps the single most elusive state to achieve in the Hollywood Bowl.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2021
• With Celia Jimenez articulating imperturbable rhythms on electric bass and adding vocal lines of her own, Maqueque sounded fuller than the sum of its parts.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2017
• Even more imperturbable was Charlie Watts, his steady, impeccable drive still undimmed after all these years.
  — Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2019
• That surprised those who knew him well because Mr. Hall had always displayed an imperturbable manner.
  — Benedict Nightingale, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2017
• Judge looks more like another young star from the Bronx whose imperturbable manner didn’t stop him from becoming the biggest star of his generation.
  — Henry Grabar, Slate Magazine, 25 July 2017
• Vile’s songs sound, on the one hand, like the work of someone who’s radically imperturbable, and deeply chill in temperament, like a guy gently strumming his guitar and taking it all in.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 19 July 2019
• His is a discerning shtick of which the Southerner is king: wicked-sounding but affectionate, droll, imperturbable above all.
  — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2016
• With a rounded abdomen defined in yellow, pink, purple and green, Evans’s naked figure gazes out at the viewer, dignified and imperturbable.
  — Susan Delson, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021
• Porcupines are fully armed, near-blind, and imperturbable.
  — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020
• Giugiaro's wedgy shape and wind-soothing particulars, unlike those of many aero cars, mesh with smooth and linear rack-and-pinion power steering to make the ES all but imperturbable in blustery winds.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
• Instead, as on the recording, Penn offered solid phrasemaking, robust tone and an imperturbable rhythmic pulse.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
• Alessandra Migliaccio and John Follain recount how the clean-cut, imperturbable 31-year-old transformed a movement founded by a profane comic into one that speaks both to Italy’s poor and its entrepreneurs.
  — Bloomberg.com, 28 Feb. 2018
• Helias, who has one of the strongest, darkest sounds in the history of the double bass, tends to stay in freebop territory, whether leading the long-running Open Loose or lending imperturbable support as a sideman.
  — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 25 Aug. 2017
• The 37-year-old Buttigieg, meanwhile, has impressed voters with his imperturbable demeanor and thoughtful views on everything from cultural change to public service.
  — oregonlive.com, 10 June 2019
• Inquisitive and imperturbable, Nelly is our guide through the story, which somehow unfolds on her initiative.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2022
• In his last public appearance in October 2018, Mubarak appeared as imperturbable as ever.
  — Hatem Maher, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2020
• Tact, stamina and an imperturbable, meticulous approach help.
  — Irene Wanner, The Seattle Times, 18 June 2017
• Obama’s eight-year demonstration of poise, imperturbable good humor, dry and sometimes biting wit—of elegance in argument and excellence in parenting—sucks up all the air from that argument.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2016
• When his colleagues offered solos, Pizzarelli played chugging rhythm guitar with an imperturbable sense of time, bassist Martin Pizzarelli likewise keeping the music moving gently forward.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017
• Nathalia Arja, so explosively energetic, and Rainer Krenstetter, elegant and almost imperturbable, were as vivid as the tiresome third movement would allow.
  — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 23 June 2017

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024