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phlegmatic
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  • Though they were very unlike-even physically, York being tall and phlegmatic, whereas the Texan was a short young man with foxy brown eyes animating a compact, cute little face-they found they shared at least one firm opinion: the world was hateful, and everybody in it would be better off dead.†  (source)
  • Bombing his own men and planes was more than even the most phlegmatic observer could stomach, and it looked like the end for him.†  (source)
  • Instead I get a glimpse of the sweet, engaging girl who chose to marry a phlegmatic computer programmer from Minnesota instead of the rich heir to a Texas oil fortune her mom had picked out for her.†  (source)
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  • The PLAYER is phlegmatic.†  (source)
  • It transported its great, lumbering bulk with more than railroad speed, and set itself phlegmatically down on whatever spot she glanced at.†  (source)
  • He was a bit shorter and distinctly more stocky and fleshed out than Nathan, and of course he was older, resembling his brother in an arresting way; yet the difference between the two was quickly apparent, for where Nathan was all nervous energy, volatile, unpredictable, Larry was calm and soft-spoken, almost phlegmatic, with a reassuring manner which may have been part of his doctor's make-up but which I really think was due to some essential solidity or decency of character.†  (source)
  • 'Your praiseworthy sense of personal dignity has given way,' remarked Bazarov phlegmatically, while Arkady was hot all over, and his eyes were flashing.†  (source)
  • With speed born of terror, the normally phlegmatic Gooch Fraser sprinted from the room without a single wasted motion.†  (source)
  • They took the piece as phlegmatically as did the actors themselves.†  (source)
  • Behind that cold, English, phlegmatic exterior you are An Artist.†  (source)
  • "Be enlightened!" said Athos, phlegmatically.†  (source)
  • No sign of astonishment appeared on Emil's phlegmatic face.†  (source)
  • "Any trade doing here?" he asked phlegmatically, designating the village in his van by a wave of the broadsheet.†  (source)
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