How to Use unruffled in a Sentence

unruffled

adjective
  • She remained unruffled despite the delays.
  • There’s never any panic in his game – so calm and unruffled with the puck on his stick.
    — Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • Only their angel was as unruffled as before, not a pleat out of place.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • That should be negative for bonds, but the debt market seems unruffled.
    — Bloomberg.com, 13 Aug. 2017
  • Patient and unruffled, her poise appeared to catch the defense off guard.
    — Maria Bustillos, Billboard, 7 June 2017
  • Holst stayed civil and unruffled, which played well in Denmark.
    — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2017
  • Millicent Fawcett’s clothes are unruffled, her gaze fixed, her mouth shut.
    — The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
  • To feel the need to run out of the train, screaming, yet remain completely still, unruffled.
    — Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Newsom seems unruffled by the blowback.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Jassy sat onstage in a blazer and jeans, five stories above the picket line, looking unruffled.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Roger Moore brought an unruffled air of elegance to his agent 007.
    — CBS News, 31 Dec. 2017
  • And when the dropping test was repeated a month later, their leaves remained unruffled.
    — Ellie Shechet, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2019
  • That doesn’t mean Wall Street was unruffled by the Dominion episode.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Yet, mostly unruffled, pedestrians picked their way around the puddles.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2023
  • More than 5,000 miles from his home in Moscow, Mikhail was unruffled.
    — Kat Stromquist, Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2019
  • Judging by its Thursday earnings report, though, the big-box giant was unruffled by all the change.
    — Sarah Halzack | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Athill’s troubles fit the mold of the memoir of suffering, but her unruffled attitude doesn’t.
    — Hillary Kelly, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The only one who seemed unruffled by the controversy was Kim herself.
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Twitter may be abuzz with detailed theories about lyrics, but Gomez appears to remain unruffled.
    — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Federer generally performs with a smile on his face and an unruffled demeanor.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 25 Aug. 2017
  • An unruffled Warren handled the Biden exchange with expert calm.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2019
  • And Reeves is in top form as the perpetually unruffled John Wick.
    — Lindsay Bahr, Orange County Register, 9 Feb. 2017
  • Her extroverted big sister, on the other hand, loves being out and about, exploring new places, unruffled by noise or crowds.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Stefanski is a veteran head coach because of his unruffled approach, this is only his second season on the job.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Others might admire your ability to remain unruffled in the face of opposition.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 19 July 2021
  • Biden's unruffled approach is coinciding with the first signs of a Democratic freakout as the election nears.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Less than an hour from beaches that front the big resorts, Baby Beach is a delightful half-moon in an unruffled sheltered lagoon.
    — Melanie Refffes, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2019
  • No one had more to lose or gain from a legacy standpoint in the NHL’s ultimate legacy game than the unruffled Rask.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
  • And while Williams was a professional who didn't scream a lot and rarely lost his temper and was calm and unruffled, Kocurek is not wired exactly like that.
    — Armando Salguero, miamiherald, 30 May 2018
  • Hollywood was seemingly unruffled by the legal troubles and focused on his cat, Bella.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026

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