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confidence and competence- She is handling the new responsibilities with aplomb.
- I am not brave enough to give up my skirts just yet, but somehow I know that Felicity shall wear her trousers with aplomb.Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing
- Yes, it was she talking, with her customary aplomb, breaking his heart in the drugstore.Harper Lee -- Go Set a Watchman
- The twenty-eight ostriches of the Midway ostrich farm bore the loss with their usual aplomb.Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
- Which he does, with great aplomb.Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
- With admirable aplomb, the gladiator merely tossed the shield aside.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- With an aplomb that belied the fact of her near-nudity she slowly reached into her closet and drew on a robe of white terry cloth.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- Nemo seemed to accept this news with aplomb, but Eledir and Falladay Finn, the Dwarf King, were more reserved.James A. Owen -- Here, There be Dragons
- She did so with an aplomb and charm that would've caused a public relations expert to rub his hands together.Nora Roberts -- Summer Pleasures
- And here, before them, stood a man inducing seizures every so often with remarkable aplomb.Ken Kesey -- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Farmer played out the rest of his part with aplomb.Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains
- I never knew I could play the vamp, do it so well, flirt with total aplomb, and not only that, but look good doing it.Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
- The Soviet leader is the dashing JFK's polar opposite in appearance and aplomb.Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
- Larry juggled my complex visiting schedule with cruise-director aplomb.Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
- "There is nothing to be afraid of," she said with genuine aplomb.Betty Mahmoody -- Not Without My Daughter
- With magnificent aplomb Fred nodded to Father, the policeman, and me.Corrie ten Boom -- The Hiding Place
- If it hadn't been that little sister was about the size of the little brown sisters who had scared me in the past, maybe I could have shown aplomb.Robert A. Heinlein -- Glory Road
- He told his story with perfect aplomb, and it was essentially the same as that of Mr Waverly.Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
- "Much obliged to meet you, Mister Doan," replied Tacks, with great aplomb.Zane Grey -- The Thundering Herd
- Lieutenant Scheisskopf unveiled his epochal surprise that Sunday with all the aplomb of an experienced impresario.Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
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