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adjective

phlegmatic

having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition

In a sentence

Six example sentences with phlegmatic, each labelled with its topic.

  • The phlegmatic tutor answered every objection in the same level tone, whether the class agreed or argued for an hour.

    Philosophy

  • The phlegmatic ranger watched the storm take the roof off the visitor center and simply reached for the radio.

    Environment

  • The desk kept its most phlegmatic trader on duty during crashes, since a steady voice settled nervous clients quickly.

    Finance

  • The phlegmatic point guard never changes expression, whether he has just hit a game winner or thrown the ball away.

    Basketball

  • A phlegmatic surgeon is worth having in the room, since a calm voice keeps the whole team steady when the monitors alarm.

    Medicine

  • The phlegmatic press secretary took forty hostile questions in the same flat tone and never once raised her voice.

    Politics

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