as in calmness
evenness of emotions or temper
kept his composure in spite of the repeated provocations
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Recent Examples of composure
Then Wood and Ross Colton completely lost their composure after Nils Höglander drew an obvious penalty on Colton against the grain late in the third period.
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Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
But the main reason scientists believe people should keep their composure is because there is a good chance 2024 YR4 will be reclassified down to Level 0 when observed in the future, the same outcome for 2004 VD17 and 99942 Apophis.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
Jang manages to keep his composure, approaching his wife quietly.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
The sacred and the profane, religious devotion and sensuality, simmering passion shrouded in a veil of composure and silence —these dramatic contrasts have shaped their repertoire from the outset, nearly 40 years ago.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
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Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
But the main reason scientists believe people should keep their composure is because there is a good chance 2024 YR4 will be reclassified down to Level 0 when observed in the future, the same outcome for 2004 VD17 and 99942 Apophis.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
Jang manages to keep his composure, approaching his wife quietly.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
The sacred and the profane, religious devotion and sensuality, simmering passion shrouded in a veil of composure and silence —these dramatic contrasts have shaped their repertoire from the outset, nearly 40 years ago.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for composure
Recent Examples of Synonyms for composure
Noun
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While 2025 will be a year of consolidation, Santi-Weil viewed the prospect with serenity.—
Lily Templeton,
WWD,
18 Feb. 2025
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Acres of calming white walls and pale woods refract and soothe the intensity of the Caribbean sun; the scale, courtesy of architects Botelho Wood, achieves the serenity of a museum; the interior and bespoke furniture design a sense of supreme comfort.—
Giles Hattersley,
Vogue,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The calming formula is infused with an antioxidant-rich blend of mugwort, green tea, and panthenol to bring your skin back to a comfortable, irritation-free equilibrium.—
Devon Abelman,
Allure,
11 Feb. 2025
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After a certain period of time in deep water, the inert gases breathed in by a diver, or in this case, a sentinel resident, dissolve into body tissues and eventually reach an equilibrium with the pressure in their particular depth.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The assurance from Bondi that President Trump would not enforce the law was enough for Apple and Google to bring the app back.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2025
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An article that year published by the Heritage Foundation — the group whose Project 2025 now appears, despite some Trump assurances to the contrary, to be driving much of his second administration’s rollout — laid out the case against the CFPB’s very existence.—
Rob Wile,
NBC News,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But January was a month of labor market equanimity.—
Courtenay Brown,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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The equanimity skills group also had lower blood pressure and hormonal stress levels.—
J. David Creswell,
Scientific American,
10 Nov. 2023
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“Composure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/composure. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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