(n.) Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.
Example Sentences:
(1) Castillo, who's seized his chance with aplomb, gets on the end of an aerial one-two in space and is free in front of goal.
(2) The young Spaniard, who has deputised at right-back with such aplomb this season, had the confidence to canter goalwards and plant the ball with his left foot into the far corner of the goal.
(3) No fairytale ending for Germany, mind, as Ronaldo fancied making good the horrors of 1998, and did so with aplomb.
(4) And it has managed to do this with some resourcefulness, if not quite aplomb.
(5) With his usual aplomb, he turned his back on his detractors and continued to paint in the name of his multireligious India elsewhere.
(6) Ceramicist Grayson Perry responded to a falling out with rather more aplomb.
(7) Alistair Beaton writes: Not long before he died, Ned was lying in a hospital room receiving visitors with his usual cheerful aplomb.
(8) Not just because of her sheer endurance i n a nearly 11-hour filibuster, not just because she stood up to condescension and sexism, and not just because she did it all with aplomb and grace.
(9) The cast always performed as smoothly as if they had had months of rehearsals, Williams doing his Rambling Syd Rumpo with aplomb.
(10) Jon Stead, a vibrant force up front all afternoon, squared the ball for the onrushing Mark Yeates, a Bradford substitute, and he despatched it with aplomb.
(11) Croatia 1-0 Cameroon (Olic 10 min) The hardest looking man on the pitch puts Croatia ahead against the run of play, finishing with aplomb from seven yards out after being teed up by a wonderful diagonal pass from Ivan Perisic.
(12) With characteristic Kinois aplomb, he believes the city that was once a shining star of Africa can somehow find its way back to prosperity.
(13) Its government has so far handled the modest tasks of the EU rotating presidency with aplomb.
(14) Bettino Craxi, who has died aged 65, was Italy's longest serving post-war prime minister (1983-87), filling the office with considerable aplomb and presiding over a period of strong economic growth; but he will be remembered as a tragic symbol of Italy's devastating corruption scandal and the man who effectively destroyed the Italian Socialist party (PSI).
(15) That win proved she had transferred her considerable talents to the road with great aplomb, involving as it did a lengthy solo escape in the final 40km which hinted at what she would achieve here, although with two other women for company.
(16) Roma doubled their lead with a strikingly similar goal, Radja Nainggolan beating his man just inside the home side’s half before threading the ball to Dzeko, who finished with aplomb on 29 minutes.
(17) Thus at the age of 37, Kerry took over the business empire, ironically handling the reins of power with aplomb.
(18) Bailey recalls that Dimbleby also chaired an edition of Question Time in Northern Ireland more than a decade ago, the first to feature a guest from Sinn Fein, and managed the debate, which also included an Ulster Unionist, with aplomb.
(19) "The real question is why Monsieur Cahuzac lied with such aplomb?
(20) Broken Sword 5 Serpent's Curse (£4.99) The Broken Sword games are brilliant: engrossing adventures that have navigated the path from PC to mobile with aplomb.
Sangfroid
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Despite five days far from home and then hours flying through uncertain skies, the first passengers back into Heathrow last night exuded little more than relief and Anglo-Saxon sangfroid.
(2) Yet behind the British sangfroid, there was a real concern that Merkel and Sarkozy were playing right into the media narrative of a split between European social democrats and the Anglo-Saxon free marketeers, the precise narrative Obama tried to dismiss.
(3) Still, she mused, plummeting mercury and freezing flurries are always treated with Scandinavian sangfroid.
(4) No self-pity, no fear: a hostage sets new standards for British sangfroid | Jonathan Jones Read more Banchetti said the five of them were looking to each other for reassurance.
(5) Some citizens reacted to the dramatic events being shown live on TV with sangfroid.
(6) Tywin controls the realm, pulling strings and humiliating his grandson, the king, with sangfroid.
(7) Such sangfroid is rare in the music industry but Carter's rollercoaster career has given him perspective on success, failure and bouncing back.
(8) But it doesn't happen that often, and when it comes to London audiences, the process can be tough, with English sangfroid mixing with the capital's dreaded sophistication.
(9) The emperor, running the occupational risk of poison, used a food-taster, who treated his job with great sangfroid, appreciating the wine, criticising the cook.
(10) Eavesdrop on teachers whose sangfroid you admire to build up your personal artillery of phrases.