How to Use cool/calm head in a Sentence

cool/calm head

noun
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  • But if Humphries has the cool hand, Littler has the cool head.
    — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
  • But once again, Pera kept a cool head, breaking back straight away.
    — Danielle Rossingh, CNN, 11 Aug. 2020
  • For sleepers who struggle with night sweats and heat, keeping a cool head can be a challenge.
    — Olivia O'Bryon, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Aside from the murdering-​his-brother business, Claudius keeps a cool head, a useful quality in a ruler.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Maintain a cool head in the week ahead and remain generous even if someone asks for more than their fair share.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2021
  • When the game is on the line, everyone is counting on your cool head and bang-on accuracy.
    — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Keeping a cool head in the face of a massive bug invasion could save you thousands of dollars or even a trip to the hospital.
    — Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 12 May 2024
  • Ash finds himself in the unusual position of being the cool head as a rampaging Lewis hunts the hunters.
    — Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The opportunities are flying at you this month, Scorpio, which is great, but keep a cool head.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Swim in the cool head springs with snorkel gear to see Floridian fish and vegetation in sapphire-blue waters.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Thankfully, Xander's (Nicholas Brendon) army getup gives him the skills and the cool head to calmly navigate the frightening turn of events.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2023
  • In other words, what an upset adolescent really needs from an adult in her life is sympathy and a cool head.
    — Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2020
  • The defensive midfielder plays with a calm head on his shoulders and the experience of a player 10 years his senior.
    — Liam Canning, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • People in Japan have been using them for centuries, following the concept of zukansokunetsu –the healthiest state of the body- meaning cool head and warm feet.
    — Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • None of us had really experienced that, so to be led by a man, who was in the exact same position as us but was just keeping a cool head was quite something.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Part of the challenge for some contestants is keeping a cool head when they're being yelled at by former military personnel.
    — Jamie Ballard, Women's Health, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Lucien, encountering the stylish and untethered Madeleine (Mireille Balin), loses his swaggering heart and his cool head.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Breathe deep, stop everything, re-set brain, relax shoulders, with cool head then calculate best plan, then execute plan.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • No longer frustrated with himself after not scoring a quick pin, Gigliotti relied on his calm head and fundamentals to pick up huge victories for his team all season long.
    — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2024
  • While emotions may run hot everywhere around us, our reporters and editors consistently keep a cool head and bring you, the reader, facts and analysis without bias or agenda.
    — Elliot Kaufman, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Service workers and business owners shared a similar message with The Tribune, urging customers to keep a cool head and not take the decision of a business owner to require masks out on an employee.
    — Taylor Stevens, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Working in the field gave me a crash course in systems problem-solving, knowing what to do when machines break down, when controls or components fail, how to interact with people and how to keep a cool head in a high-pressure environment.
    — Todd Emery, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
  • That also means keeping a cool head during difficult conversations.
    — Gulnaz Khan, National Geographic, 31 Aug. 2020

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