How to Use aplomb in a Sentence

aplomb

noun
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  • He showed great aplomb in dealing with the reporters.
  • So Myth made sure everyone could leave with their own memento to post online, in the form of a glass photo booth, which allowed guests to pose in their own cover shoot—a challenge most took to with aplomb.
    — Freya Drohan, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Each time, Clooney has replied with aplomb, raking the mogul over the coals once more.
    — Yohana Desta, vanityfair.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • How would the Badgers handle the pressure in the third set? With aplomb.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Hermès is a brand that has stretched with great aplomb.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • On the flip side, Williams was able to command Basha’s offense with aplomb.
    — The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2022
  • In Romancing the Stone, Jack can hold his own in a fight and swing around the jungle with aplomb.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2022
  • If only the Steelers could replace the all-pro loss of Brown with such aplomb.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Davis responded to the first challenge of the dawning year with aplomb.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Jan. 2018
  • The drape of the dress is just nonchalant enough and can meet any carpet-pile height with aplomb!
    — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Fashion is a way to control how the world sees you—and a good grifter can pull off any of these looks with aplomb.
    — Todd Plummer, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Feb. 2022
  • So the bottom line is that the 3% stock award was for past deeds that Spiegel completed with aplomb.
    — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The shoes handled my adorable 25-pound load with aplomb, and the hours on my feet proved to be full-on enjoyable.
    — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 8 June 2020
  • With all-wheel drive engaged and the center clutch doing its thing, the Kia handled the course with aplomb.
    — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 26 June 2020
  • Gebbia played with poise and aplomb last year in the game formerly known as the Civil War.
    — oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2020
  • This is where Ilhan Omar comes in playing her role with aplomb.
    — A. J. Caschetta, National Review, 26 July 2021
  • Their parents William and Kate both performed their roles with aplomb.
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 9 May 2023
  • David Hogg, one of the organizers, shows aplomb in the face of death threats and smears from right-wing media.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2021
  • The Willard felt secure and not shaky as the footing got loose and handled the big rocks that showed up later with aplomb.
    — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 21 Sep. 2018
  • Rare, however, is the talent that does all with equal aplomb.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 4 May 2018
  • At one point in the video, Atlas encounters a log across its path but leaps over it with aplomb.
    — NBC News, 11 May 2018
  • After splitting in 2019, the pair appeared to take to co-parenting with aplomb (though Shayk is not a fan of the term).
    — Whitney Perry, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Yes, the Rees kids — Olivia, along with her brothers, Zack and Leo, behind the bar — have taken the reins with aplomb at d.b.a.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Kudos to Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas for pulling this off with aplomb.
    — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 May 2019
  • Biden has since done both, and handled both with competence and aplomb.
    — Steve Chapman Chicago Tribune, Star Tribune, 6 May 2021
  • And no one bridged the gap between art and entertainment with more aplomb.
    — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2021
  • So, to be able to stand out in a sea of products is quite a feat, which is something Ben Gorham, the founder of Byredo, has done with aplomb.
    — Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • The wide blade is more than capable of chopping firewood and felling trees with aplomb.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 18 Apr. 2022
  • And through nearly six games of the 2019 season, Rapp apprenticed with aplomb.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2020
  • But his lengthy downhill putt from near the back fringe settled five feet from the hole, setting up a putt that Woods sank with aplomb.
    — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2022

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