Adjective : It was difficult to remain equanimous in the face of such impertinence. From Dictionary.com.
Placid, tranquil, and equanimous, they did not complain of injustice. From Wordnik.com. [Lunheng] Reference
Can I really be equanimous between pain and pleasure, love and its lack?. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Michaelson: The Deep Truths are the Simple Ones] Reference
These comment threads are starting to make the cable news folks seem reasonable and equanimous. From Wordnik.com. [New McCain Ad: "Maybe The Applause Has Gone To His Head"] Reference
Never understood how she could be so equanimous in the face of so many disappointments, so many adversities. From Wordnik.com. [The Pursuit of Happiness] Reference
So I was less than equanimous the internet says that's a word but I'm still not sure when I read that PW article. From Wordnik.com. [WHITHER BOOKFORUM?] Reference
Just being ware aware of the emotions that come up, being aware of the concern, staying as equanimous as possible. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2008] Reference
Imagine an enlightened doctor, the equanimous lawyer, and the benevolent mayor all taking their seat as yogis in the real world. From Wordnik.com. [Alanna Kaivalya: When The Going Gets Tough, The Yogi Knows Where To Go] Reference
For less overcast assessment of the election, check out the wise and equanimous Bull Moose, to be added later today to the blogroll. From Wordnik.com. [Anyone Know How to Make a Noose?: James Wolcott] Reference
This ether was called wuji, and that word can still be used to describe the equanimous, unassailable fortress of quiet acceptance that characterizes the unflappable among us. From Wordnik.com. [Arthur Rosenfeld: Equilibrium, Enlightenment, and Facing Your Day] Reference
The way he always seemed on low idle, engine just purring, slouching in the wind in his anorak, equanimous, friendly, shy, at the edge of the group with his coffee mug, expending energy with perfect efficiency, saving it. From Wordnik.com. [Kook] Reference
He and I had one or two big fights -- and I was younger, far nastier and angrier and shot to kill, back then -- but, no matter what names I called him, the next time I spoke to him he was always equanimous, forgiving and affable. From Wordnik.com. [Is there no one who does not cheer new DC editor-in-chief BOB HARRAS?] Reference
Perhaps the closest I can get to an explanation is that the agitated mind, if allowed to fully run its course without suppression of any thought or emotion, may simply exhaust itself and give up, revealing an underlying, more equanimous state. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Sigman: Tranquility Through Anger] Reference
Being of a pretty equanimous disposition, and, as I flatter myself, able to bear good or evil fortune without disturbance, I myself, after taking a light dinner at the Bedford, went to the theatre a short while before the commencement of the play, and proposed to remain there, until the defeat or victory was decided. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
Dhoni: remarkably equanimous, and no longer a fancy dan. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
So long as my thumb tatters merely the margin, I am quite equanimous. From Wordnik.com. [Yet Again] Reference
My favorite part is the title of the bill, bearing a meant-to-be-equanimous. From Wordnik.com. [Forbes.com: News] Reference
Even as the politically underrated Manmohan Singh, equanimous in victory, spoke at the 10. From Wordnik.com. [Zee News : India National] Reference
Morkel's subsequent verbal volley could not be repelled with the usual equanimous silence. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
That having an equanimous mind was important for political leaders as much as for religious leaders. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Always cheerful he sought to cheer those around him whose tears showed them to be less equanimous than himself. From Wordnik.com. [A Memorial for William Carey Dowd] Reference
Sean Penn, who famously declared that Cage was "no longer an actor", Cage seems coolly equanimous about his critics. From Wordnik.com. [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
RV journeys allows all the amenities of hospice with a scullery, a bombard, a comfortable bed and in this day equanimous RV retainer internet. From Wordnik.com. [Article directories Celibataire Urbaine] Reference
United States, and no law or ordinance of the State in contravention or subversion thereof can have any binding force. equanimous on April 21, 2009 at. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
His equanimous temperament and detached demeanour has contrasted sharply against McCain's often teeth-grinding and eye-rolling style that seems to come from some deep-seated anger. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
While I was doing my best to remain equanimous about a situation over which I had no control, the activist in Wendy went the other way and angrily let the Delta rep have it: This is unacceptable. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
The declaration of war sent by Sir Nevile Henderson, the British ambassador to Berlin, to Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German Foreign Minister, via his interpreter Paul Schmidt, was equally equanimous. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news breaking news current news UK news world news celebrity news politics news] Reference
She was the most equanimous person - but mention politics - and she would erupt like a volcano ... alleging every government conspiracy from flouride in the water contaminating our brains ... to LIberals being behind 9/11. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
Contrary to stereotype, these spiritual types did not seem otherworldly at all, but were "lively and engaged, extremely present, involved in the moment, often funny, yet profoundly at peace -- equanimous in disturbing situations. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Matousek: The Dalai Lama's Secret: What Makes Us Good?] Reference
If only you were as equanimous. From Wordnik.com. [Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas]
Pandagon was quite equanimous about it. From Wordnik.com. [This just in: Feminists can be men, too! | Mind on Fire] Reference
We must remain equanimous. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
"lively and engaged, extremely present, involved in the moment, often funny, yet profoundly at peace -- equanimous in disturbing situations. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
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