sangfroid in a sentence
pronunciation: [ [ 'sə:ŋ'frwɑ: ] ]
Examples
- We develop a sangfroid, a mordant humor and a studied machismo, much the same way that cops and ER doctors do.
- Spurned by the prince, Schiller's Eboli negotiates the surrender of her virginity to the king with the sangfroid of a geisha.
- Charles Mackarness's " sangfroid " remains a " staple " of tours of St Martin's church in the 21st century.
- When told that a man accuses him of having sexually molested a horse, Hickok responds with the sangfroid for which he is so admired.
- Displaying great " sangfroid ", Schlabrendorff took the next plane to retrieve the package from Colonel Brandt before the content was discovered.
- If you have to ask, you obviously missed the big curtains study conducted by the Sangfroid Institute in conjunction with the National Institute for Fenestration Safety.
- As a result of his sangfroid he was able to outspend his Democratic opponent in his last Senate race by a margin of almost two to one.
- Displaying great sangfroid, Schlabrendorff took the next plane to retrieve the package from Lt . Colonel Brandt before the bomb was discovered or eventually detonated late.
- In " Sexy Beast, " evil is personified with oily sangfroid by Ian McShane, who plays Teddy, and with chaotic glee by Ben Kingsley.
- Linking up _ and sharing only half the losses _ with an editor like Brown, who defined stylish sangfroid, and Miramax was particularly sweet for some inside Hearst.