How do you use Composure in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like calm or calmness, plus the exact meaning.
Composure in a sentence
Composure meaning
- Calmness of mind or temperament.
- The act of composing
- Something which is composed; a composition.
Synonyms of Composure
Using Composure
- The main meaning on this page is: Calmness of mind or temperament. | The act of composing | Something which is composed; a composition.
- Useful related words include: calm, calmness, equanimity, disposition.
- In the example corpus, composure often appears in combinations such as: composure and, his composure, composure to.
Context around Composure
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 14 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Composure
- In this selection, "composure" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, great, although and compassion stand out and add context to how "composure" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the composure within the and for her composure compassion and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "composure" sits close to words such as accumulating, augment and bala, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with composure
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
No teammate had his composure on the ball. (8 words)
Gateshead have managed to keep their composure at the back so far. (12 words)
Oozes quality and composure on the ball, while his passing range is sublime. (13 words)
Farias, one of a trio of young South American signings brought in to add some energy and talent to accompany the team’s veteran stars, showed great composure as he ran in on goal and beat Melia with a perfectly placed shot. (42 words)
Clearly not used to being behind, Easterhouse started to lose some composure, although a team of this calibre were not going to take this lying down and again they levelled the score five minutes later. (35 words)
And the Robins eventually did retake the lead on 42 minutes as Corry latched onto a ball over the top and kept his composure to pick out the bottom right corner. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
And if any of them are able to maintain their composure on such a big stage, it would be a memorable moment, ending some lengthy droughts.
And the Robins eventually did retake the lead on 42 minutes as Corry latched onto a ball over the top and kept his composure to pick out the bottom right corner.
By this point, tears are streaming down Cheryl’s face, but she keeps her composure.
Chris Billam-Smith impressively kept his composure to take the WBO cruiserweight title from Lawrence Okolie at the Vitality Stadium.
Clearly not used to being behind, Easterhouse started to lose some composure, although a team of this calibre were not going to take this lying down and again they levelled the score five minutes later.
Farias, one of a trio of young South American signings brought in to add some energy and talent to accompany the team’s veteran stars, showed great composure as he ran in on goal and beat Melia with a perfectly placed shot.
For 63 minutes, we just couldn’t break them down, but we showed a lot of composure there as a team to stay in the game.
Forest need goals to come from all over, and he showed he has the composure to handle the big moments - as well as the pace to cause problems.
Gateshead have managed to keep their composure at the back so far.
Her father was the image of composure, while her mother could get heated and emotional.
Her handling of the Christchurch terror attacks won global admiration for her composure, compassion and decisive resolve to ensure such heinous acts could not be repeated here.
In both cases, Arijit’s fans praised him for keeping his composure during the stressful incidents.
I've never doubted the character and it's been about the composure within the game to limit our errors and stick to script.
Jack Sinfield finds the ball at his feet after a poor pass from Corey Johnson, but he shows great composure to nail it and put Leeds seven points ahead.
Jacob Bruun Larsen extended their lead shortly afterwards, racing onto Dara O’Shea’s long ball down the right and keeping his composure to slot past goalkeeper Wes Foderingham.
Kopech not only regained his composure, but found a groove he rarely if ever has had in his five seasons in the big leagues.
Nina had a feeling that this wasn’t going to end well, but still kept her composure and polite demeanor, “Thanks, but no thanks.
No teammate had his composure on the ball.
Oozes quality and composure on the ball, while his passing range is sublime.
Our composure is more settled these days and we’ve been playing to the end.
Common combinations with composure
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- composure and 34×
- his composure 33×
- composure to 24×
- their composure 19×
- and composure 18×
- her composure 15×
- composure in 14×
- of composure 10×
- the composure 10×
- our composure 7×