PHLEGMATIC in a Sentence

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Example sentences for PHLEGMATIC, such as:

1. Is he a person of low stature, phlegmatic, and plain.
2. A tear moistened the eye of the phlegmatic Englishman.
3. They took the piece as phlegmatically as did the actors themselves.
4. The nurse was a cheerful but phlegmatic person, unexcited in the face of sudden emergencies.

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 Meanings and Examples of PHLEGMATIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
phlegmatic
 a.  calm; not easily disturbed; not easily excited to action or passion
Classic Sentence:
1  A tear moistened the eye of the phlegmatic Englishman.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.
2  Is he a person of low stature, phlegmatic, and plain.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
3  Quincey Morris was phlegmatic in the way of a man who accepts all things, and accepts them in the spirit of cool bravery, with hazard of all he has to stake.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
4  They took the piece as phlegmatically as did the actors themselves.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 6 The Two Stand Face to Face
5  'Your praiseworthy sense of personal dignity has given way,' remarked Bazarov phlegmatically, while Arkady was hot all over, and his eyes were flashing.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
Example Sentence:
1  The nurse was a cheerful but phlegmatic person, unexcited in the face of sudden emergencies.