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sang-froid

[ French sahn-frwa ]

noun

  1. coolness of mind; calmness; composure:

    They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.

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sang-froid

/ ²õɑ̃´Ú°ù·É²¹ /

noun

  1. composure; self-possession; calmness
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sang-froid1

1740–50; < French: literally, cold blood
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sang-froid1

C18: from French, literally: cold blood
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While some scenes of verbal and physical violence are troubling enough to make you fear for Houel’s mental health, she rises to the occasion with astonishing sang-froid, quietly haunted then seething in the second act.

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He sang with warmth and beauty and acted with the brittle sang-froid of someone trying to maintain sanity in a madhouse.

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But the swiftness of the government’s actions belied Mr. Xi’s sang-froid.

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The song’s concision is almost as devastating as its sang-froid.

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Dressed monochromatically, four steely actors bring sang-froid to the courtroom proceedings.

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