COMPOSURE in a Sentence

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84 example sentences for COMPOSURE, such as:

1. Throughout the crisis he retained his composure.
2. Even the latest work crisis failed to shake her composure.
3. During all this time he was evidently struggling for composure.
4. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it.
5. A few minutes more of silent exertion enabled him to proceed with composure.

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 Meanings and Examples of COMPOSURE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
composure
 n.  mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind
Classic Sentence: (82 in 6 pages)
1  "Drink, then," replied he, still with the same cold composure.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE INTERVIEW
2  Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
3  She was convinced that Margaret had fixed on a person whose name she could not bear with composure to become a standing joke with Mrs. Jennings.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
4  But the feelings which made such composure a disgrace, left her in no danger of incurring it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
5  "I did," said Elinor, with a composure of voice, under which was concealed an emotion and distress beyond any thing she had ever felt before.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
6  And as she could now have nothing more painful to hear on the subject than had already been told, she did not mistrust her own ability of going through a repetition of particulars with composure.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
7  During all this time he was evidently struggling for composure.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28
8  A few minutes more of silent exertion enabled him to proceed with composure.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
9  He had just settled this point with great composure, when the entrance of Mrs. John Dashwood put an end to the subject.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 41
10  You are never like me, dear Elinor, or I should wonder at your composure now.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 45
11  Estella smiled with perfect composure, and said she had no doubt of my having been quite right, and of her having been very disagreeable.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIX
12  Estella looked at her with perfect composure, and again looked down at the fire.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVIII
13  More composure came to me after a while, and we talked as we used to talk, lying on the grass at the old Battery.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LVII
14  I asked him, with a better appearance of composure than I could have thought possible a minute before, whether he had made his feelings known to Agnes.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25. GOOD AND BAD ANGELS
15  Mr. Copperfield and myself,' said Miss Murdstone, with severe composure, 'are connexions.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
Example Sentence:
1  Even the latest work crisis failed to shake her composure.
2  Throughout the crisis he retained his composure.