Composure Sentence Examples

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  • He regained his composure, leveled his eyes on the girl and said, "You can go now."

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  • Len had regained his composure.

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  • It was amazing how Alex could retain his composure.

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  • He took the blow with composure, and sank easily into a comparative retirement.

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  • Another deep breath was necessary to regain his composure.

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  • She tried to regain her composure, unable to compare the brief experience with Jule to anything else she'd ever felt.

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  • They brushed the mud from their clothes and sat for enough minutes to regain their composure.

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  • Nothing she had gone through in the last month had been more painful than watching him struggle to regain composure now.

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  • Whatever the reason, I was vulnerable, and all the self composure I was struggling to attain was quickly disappearing.

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  • He bore his agony with great composure and then told the executioner to turn him over to do the other side.

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  • The most prepared and skilled parents sometimes struggle to maintain composure or have problems with their children's behavior.

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  • Pacing, she tried to reclaim her composure.

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  • Carmen wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and regained some composure.

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  • This composure of spirit was owing to their perfect temperance in eating and drinking.

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  • It aims to provide the reader with guidance to encourage confidence while retaining composure and authority when dealing with difficult situations.

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  • These range from the most fundamental - giving the wrong speech - to losing composure in front of a live audience.

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  • Thus, with perfect composure on both sides, the matter was arranged.

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  • Hans maintains a taut composure in the face of Freisler's increasingly impatient questioning.

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  • Oxford called for a time out where both teams focused and regained composure - Cambridge more successfully.

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  • Its lusty power delivery, surefooted composure and excellent rider comfort see to that.

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  • Once the car has stopped, take a deep breath to regain your composure before gently easing forward again.

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  • Maintain your composure, and your team will rack up the most points!

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  • If too many thoughts are rushing through their brain, standing in Mountain while taking deep breaths will help them regain composure.

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  • Harry himself has matured a great deal, perhaps because Dumbledore is no longer protecting him from the truth of his destiny, and steps up to the plate with the composure of a true hero.

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  • Russia still hopes to get compensation for maintaining composure.

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  • She planted her hands firmly on his desk and met his gaze with surprising composure.

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  • However disconcerting such a revelation as this would have been to the theologians of an elder day, the Bible scholars of our own generation are able to regard it with entire composure.

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  • It must have been all Brandon could do to retain his own composure, let alone make small talk.

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  • He was a little abashed by her regal composure.

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  • She did, however, quickly regain her composure and continued with the show.

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  • Looking into that semi-sweet chocolate gaze, it was easy to understand why Dulce lost her composure.

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  • Wayne has been impressed with his prodigy saying " Jamie shows great composure for such a young player.

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  • However, with a lesson learned, a more positive attitude was adopted, and we regained our usual composure.

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  • With a little more composure in front of goal they could have gone into the break at least two goals to the good.

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  • Yet have such composure some liberals say european polls the whole area.

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  • He took out his watch with the same measured composure with which he did everything.

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  • You have to remember to maintain your composure and not overbid as a result of the atmosphere.

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  • She had to retain her composure.

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  • He tossed the pen back on his desk and met her gaze with renewed composure.

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  • The Watcher paused again to rein in his composure and then spoke in a reluctant tone.

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  • He regained his composure and lowered brows over flashing eyes.

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  • The Parker's " Yacht Club " spa could not be better for regaining some composure.

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  • Or do we just lack the necessary composure in the final third of the field?

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  • The influence of Newcastle and Sandwich, however, was too strong for him; he was thwarted and over-reached; and in 1748 he resigned the seals, and returned to cards and his books with the admirable composure which was one of his most striking characteristics.

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  • He couldn't go home and let Sarah and Connor see how tentative his composure was.

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  • His father received his son's communication with external composure, but inward wrath.

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  • The outrage was discovered and remedied before the service began; and, although the Arrabbiati half filled the church and even sought to attempt his life, Savonarola kept his composure and delivered an impressive sermon.

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  • Well, as I was saying," he continued, recovering his composure, "now there's this recruiting.

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  • Anatole was not quick-witted, nor ready or eloquent in conversation, but he had the faculty, so invaluable in society, of composure and imperturbable self-possession.

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  • Anatole kissed the old man, and looked at him with curiosity and perfect composure, waiting for a display of the eccentricities his father had told him to expect.

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  • Deidre gathered her composure with some difficulty and walked down the hallway, pausing four doors down to her room.

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