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Synonyms for sangfroid

Grammar : Noun
Spell : French sahn-frwa
Phonetic Transcription : French sɑ̃ˈfrwa

Définition of sangfroid

Origin :
  • "presence of mind, composure," 1712, from French sang froid, literally "cool blood," from sang "blood" (from Latin sanguis; see sanguinary) + froid "cold" (from Latin frigidus; see frigid).
  • noun poise
Example sentences :
  • She was impressed enormously by his sangfroid and will to rule the roost.
  • Extract from : « Carnac's Folly, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • But she feared to face the experience alone; she did not trust her own sangfroid.
  • Extract from : « An Engagement of Convenience » by Louis Zangwill
  • Her aplomb, her sangfroid, astounded Mr. Prohack—and relieved him.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Prohack » by E. Arnold Bennett
  • The play exercises memory, judgment, sangfroid, and other good qualities of the mind.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Hater » by Charles Reade
  • This important announcement ought to have startled the sangfroid of the guardian, but it did not.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Prohack » by E. Arnold Bennett
  • Knowing what the situation must mean to her he admired her the more for her sangfroid and social flexibility.
  • Extract from : « The Dust Flower » by Basil King
  • There were twenty other candidates awaiting the ordeal, in various stages of nervousness or sangfroid.
  • Extract from : « The Luckiest Girl in the School » by Angela Brazil
  • And the public laugh at the lively sally, and admire the sangfroid of the wit!
  • Extract from : « Hesperothen; Notes from the West, Vol. II (of 2) » by W. H. Russell
  • He never loses his sangfroid, but acts always, in the most hopeless positions, with equal craft and rapidity.
  • Extract from : « With Rimington » by L. March Phillipps
  • He understood that he was unceremoniously dismissed, but he was not the kind of man to easily lose his sangfroid.
  • Extract from : « John Marsh's Millions » by Charles Klein

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