How do you use Phlegmatic in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like unemotional, plus the exact meaning.
Phlegmatic in a sentence
Phlegmatic meaning
- Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
- Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
Synonyms of Phlegmatic
Using Phlegmatic
- The main meaning on this page is: Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish. | Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
- Useful related words include: phlegmatical, unemotional.
Context around Phlegmatic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Phlegmatic
- In this selection, "phlegmatic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, restrained, inept, phlegm, almost, may and dnc stand out and add context to how "phlegmatic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and phlegm phlegmatic and i am phlegmatic but optimistic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "phlegmatic" sits close to words such as aad, aaro and abdali, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with phlegmatic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Phlegmatic may be patient to the point of paralysis. (10 words)
Her debut album, Som flegmatik, ale optimista (I Am Phlegmatic but Optimistic), drops today, October 30. (16 words)
Button's film is impeccably restrained, phlegmatic, almost wan, with too many close-ups of the women's faces addressing the camera. (22 words)
We don’t have President Clinron because a) Russian ratfuckery and b) a sclerotic, sopoforic, inept, phlegmatic DNC who keep trying to run a 1992 campaign in 2016. (28 words)
Button's film is impeccably restrained, phlegmatic, almost wan, with too many close-ups of the women's faces addressing the camera. (22 words)
An imbalance of each humor corresponded with a particular human temperament (blood—sanguine, black bile—melancholic, yellow bile—choleric, and phlegm—phlegmatic). (22 words)
Example sentences (5)
Her debut album, Som flegmatik, ale optimista (I Am Phlegmatic but Optimistic), drops today, October 30.
Button's film is impeccably restrained, phlegmatic, almost wan, with too many close-ups of the women's faces addressing the camera.
The Phlegmatic may be patient to the point of paralysis.
We don’t have President Clinron because a) Russian ratfuckery and b) a sclerotic, sopoforic, inept, phlegmatic DNC who keep trying to run a 1992 campaign in 2016.
An imbalance of each humor corresponded with a particular human temperament (blood—sanguine, black bile—melancholic, yellow bile—choleric, and phlegm—phlegmatic).