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How to use aplomb in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Aplomb means self-confidence; poise; composure. Example: “His nonchalance and aplomb during hard times have always been his best character trait.”

Examples of aplomb by meaning

nounSelf-confidence; poise; composure.

  • His nonchalance and aplomb during hard times have always been his best character trait.
  • “She tells me you are interested in mice.” I didn't like the trend the conversation was taking, but I preserved my aplomb.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XV, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
  • We can handle functions of a few variables with some aplomb and view sets of quantities totalling IO6 or IO7 with sangfroid.1961, Richard Bellman, Adaptive Control Processes: A Guided Tour, Princeton University Press, page 197

More sentences with aplomb

  • I took that with great dignity and aplomb, I assure you.2010, Julian D. Hayden, Bill Broyles, Diane E. Boyer, Field man: life as a desert archaeologist. From the entry assle
  • He was surprised at my presence, I believe, but reacted with perfect aplomb.2006, Jed Rubenfeld, The Interpretation of Murder, page 499. From the entry ask after
  • “Ah, the charming Miss Cassiopeia Montgomery.” Monsieur Solage bowed over her hand with perfect aplomb.2001, Catherine Blair [pseudonym; K. Noelle Gracy], Athen’s Conquest (A Zebra Regency Romance), New York, N.Y.: Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 42. From the entry cass
  • Reagan displayed his usual aplomb and even cracked wise about his age at a White House banquet.1985 August 5, Jacob V. Lamar Jr., “Coming Along Just Fine”, in Time. From the entry crack wise
  • It landed on his head with aplomb, and she laughed.2005, Julie Kenner, Night Moves. From the entry ba-dum ching
  • In his classicising Troilus and Criseyde, set with pagan aplomb in ancient Troy, he approvingly quotes the rhetorician Geoffrey of Vinsauf’s New Poetics.2012, Barbara Newman, “Ailments of the Tongue”, in London Review of Books, volume 34, number 6. From the entry approvingly
  • We can handle functions of a few variables with some aplomb and view sets of quantities totalling 10⁶ or 10⁷ with sangfroid.1961, Richard Bellman, Adaptive Control Processes: A Guided Tour, Princeton University Press, page 197. From the entry sangfroid
  • Many can last without a shower with equal aplomb, until the old nooks and crannies start getting a bit whiffy—even then, though, there's that marvellous modern solution—shower in a can.2011, Tony Inman, The Parrot & The Lady, page 147. From the entry shower in a can
  • Through this hole I passed, without hurt, or damage to my pretty uniform, and found myself looking about me, for I had not yet recovered my aplomb, in the couloir.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC. From the entry couloir

Meaning of aplomb

  1. noun Self-confidence; poise; composure.
  2. noun The apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer.
  3. noun The perpendicular; perpendicularity.

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Questions about aplomb in a sentence

How do you use aplomb in a sentence?
Aplomb is used as a noun. For example: “His nonchalance and aplomb during hard times have always been his best character trait.”
What is a short sentence with aplomb?
“It landed on his head with aplomb, and she laughed.”
What does aplomb mean?
Aplomb means self-confidence; poise; composure.

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