sagacious

• To see if it was sagacious enough, someone said.”

• Los Angeles TimesNov 27, 2019“We find him clean,
merry and sagacious, a wasteful eater and fond of
fossils.”
• New York TimesNov 20, 2019Surrounded by dark wood,
seated in a cushy chair, his fingers steepled and his gray
hair brushed back, sits a sagacious Clarence Avant.
• The GuardianJun 12, 2019This also preserves the long-
standing archetype of the infallible, unflappable and
sagacious physician.
 sang-froid

• A British supermarket chain, Tesco, began rationing antibacterial soap,

wipes, and pasta after shoppers emptied the shelves — an
uncharacteristic display of nerves in a society that prides itself on its
sang-froid.
• New York TimesMar 8, 2020When she learned that the show would be
revived in New York she wrote to the producers with kid sang-froid,
acknowledging the tragedy and assuring them that she knew all the
songs.
• New York TimesOct 12, 2018Hearst, for instance, isn’t a yes man, and
even he loses his sang-froid as the situation takes a tragic turn.
• New York TimesOct 13, 2018One of the attendees, who left the Nixon
party soon after the early returns presaged the trouncing, still
displayed a sense of sang-froid.
 sardonic
• Known for his hard-charging lifestyle and sardonic wit, Grosso was the
unofficial historian of skateboarding, always ready to share a story and
insight into the sport with the younger generation of skaters.
• Los Angeles TimesApr 2, 2020In sardonic nonfiction and fiction films,
Zwigoff combed the land for American oddballs and pockets of wry
eccentricity.
• Washington TimesMar 24, 2020Candace is sharp, sardonic, and before
the world ends, slightly diffident.
• The GuardianMar 16, 2020Narrator Euan Morton delivers the novel in
a wonderful range of voices and accents — his Scottish burr is
especially engaging, and his wry manner iswonderfully suited to the
novel’s sardonic wit and trapdoor plot.