How to Use sangfroid in a Sentence

sangfroid

noun

• He displayed remarkable sangfroid when everyone else was panicking during the crisis.
• But sangfroid is not yet her trademark in the biggest races.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2017
• None of this seemed to bother Trump, who continued to smile and wave with his inimitable sangfroid.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2019
• No team has won consecutive Women's World Cups since the event began in 1991, a reason for sangfroid.
  — Ronald Blum, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2019
• Both revealed for the first time, in great detail, with sangfroid and in-depth analysis, the machinery of the concentration camps.
  — Longreads, 10 Apr. 2018
• He was known as Joe Cool because of his sangfroid on the field, whether leading comebacks or being so perfect in clutch games that a comeback wasn’t needed.
  — The Si Staff, SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• The most distinctive quality in Harry’s book is her sangfroid.
  — Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
• For those concerned about the antiliberal forces gaining strength in world politics, the most important thing is to maintain one’s sangfroid.
  — Mark Lilla, The New York Review of Books, 17 Jan. 2019
• Only Jackie Chan and, more recently, Tom Cruise have inherited this flair and sangfroid.
  — Peter Cowie, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2018
• But the traders’ sangfroid may quickly disappear if oil prices rise significantly.
  — Jack Farchy, Bloomberg.com, 22 Aug. 2020
• Her horse was startled but the queen, in a remarkable display of her sangfroid and horsewoman’s skills, quickly kept him under control and kept on riding as police rushed behind her to subdue the gunman.
  — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 8 June 2019
• Tasked with introducing this franchise's modish, candy-colored universe on screen as well as behind the camera, Banks tackles both roles with remarkable sangfroid.
  — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2019
• Here, he is shown rising through native intelligence and sangfroid to kingpin status in terrorist organizations like the Kashmiri Harkat-ul-Ansar and al-Qaeda.
  — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2017
• The most commanding character is Jo’s longtime friend Lisa, a photographer and bar owner who’s accurately described by one admirer as a punk goddess and played with terrific sangfroid by Anna Fitzwater.
  — Sheri Linden, latimes.com, 8 June 2017

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