How to Use even-keeled in a Sentence

even-keeled

adjective
  • And taking that next step in terms of being more even-keeled.
    — Nick Friedell, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The dude is steady, even-keeled, doesn’t appear to get rattled.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • He's stayed level-headed and even-keeled.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
  • My dad was even-keeled, and nothing if not practical.
    — Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The coach has been teaching the sophomore to stay even-keeled in games and hustle.
    — Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Its two executives are even-keeled to the extreme.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Finally, there is salesman Steve (Warren Burke), who’s the most even-keeled of the bunch.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Speaking after practice Wednesday, Lyon had the mature and even-keeled approach this team is going to need in net.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The former band room buddies are attempting to remain even-keeled in the wake of their rise by staying focused on their collective goals and enjoying the moment.
    — Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Work to figure out his daily routine after not having one as a prospect, to excel at the routine once established, to not punish himself for mistakes, to stay even-keeled in the day to day.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • Fraser plays the legendary general (and future president) as a tempestuous mountain of a man, a far cry from the modest and even-keeled Eisenhower of record.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 May 2026
  • Research has also found that exercise increases other brain chemicals that help lessen pain, the clinic says, which helps explain why a single workout can leave you feeling lighter, looser and more even-keeled.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
  • Research has also found that exercise increases other brain chemicals that help lessen pain, the clinic says, which helps explain why a single workout can leave you feeling lighter, looser and more even-keeled.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
  • Throughout the personal disarray, the production is even-keeled, paddling patiently through waves of ambient, dub techno, and progressive house that never truly crest.
    — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Tien’s game is more even-keeled and difficult to destabilize than Fonseca’s, and his court craft and unexpected power and angles are more difficult to adapt to at first sight, but Fonseca’s ability to blast winners is more easily digestible to casual fans.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • By telling a relatively straightforward story that blends real people from the era of the Gotti Mafia family with imagined characters, Martin Scorsese's dramedy biopic about a kid who falls in love with the gangster life is as even-keeled as anything the director has made.
    — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026

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