I had just enough clear-headedness to realize what incredible trouble I was in. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Chance]
She was in another of the periods of clear-headedness between bouts of delirium. From Wordnik.com. [Arrow's Fall]
And it requires organization, clear-headedness, loyalty, and work for a single goal. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Hits Obama On FISA -- Vote Set For This Morning] Reference
You cannot follow the young man whose honesty and clear-headedness is of such consequence to you. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884] Reference
Not always by daring, or courage -- rather by sagacity, clear-headedness, more potent than any other force!. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
The Londoner who drives an automobile thinks nothing of it, and covers the intervening miles with a cool clear-headedness that is marvellous. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Shelby did a bang-up job at interviewing Alex, and I was very impressed at the level of professionalism and clear-headedness this little girl showed. From Wordnik.com. [E! denies 'Richards' canceled; 'Hills' ratings rebound; 'Jericho' for kids -- The Live Feed | THR] Reference
This wood-nymph, with her robust yet graceful figure, her clear-headedness, her energy and will-power, could she ever have loved a being so weak and unstable as myself?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
What's required is restraint and clear-headedness. From Wordnik.com. [City] Reference
He awoke at once, with the clear-headedness of the light sleeper. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Plainsmen] Reference
He was a figure of dash, self-possession, energy and clear-headedness. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Market Place] Reference
With his usual clear-headedness, Rochambeau did the necessary thing on each point. From Wordnik.com. [Rochambeau and the French in America. I. From Unpublished Documents. III] Reference
There was something Scotch about his combination of clear-headedness with sensuality. From Wordnik.com. [All Things Considered] Reference
We could all use his clear-headedness and his actions as our guide were we in his place. From Wordnik.com. [WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook] Reference
He'd anticipated that with his clear-headedness, and he'd written what he wanted to say. From Wordnik.com. [Roast Beef, Medium] Reference
The distinctness of the errors is a merit; it proceeds from the clear-headedness of the author. From Wordnik.com. [A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)] Reference
Then in the case of a stampede, great clear-headedness and coolness were needed to prevent loss of life. From Wordnik.com. [The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway] Reference
She was a small, quiet, able woman, whose tranquil manner concealed great clear-headedness and decisiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Watersprings] Reference
But that does not imply clear-headedness in correlating the ways of one's ordinary life with this great purpose. From Wordnik.com. [What is Coming?] Reference
When there ain't a man in Marsden, let alone all the women, can hold a candle to her for gumption an 'clear-headedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Brass Bound Box] Reference
The advantages possessed by him -- health, strength, clear-headedness, and good looks -- he knows how to use, and that without scruple. From Wordnik.com. [A Poor Man's House] Reference
All it requires is bravery and clear-headedness, but so far the Government has preferred to fudge the issues rather than confront them. From Wordnik.com. [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Not until the pupil was a little older did he study the Talmud, which is so well qualified to develop intelligence and clear-headedness. From Wordnik.com. [Rashi]
Sylvia's present clear-headedness, he felt his blood stirred to feel her there, so close, so alive, so young, so beautiful in the twilight. From Wordnik.com. [The Bent Twig] Reference
We have our sights on adventures like these in the future, and you guys are examples to us of the importance of hard work and clear-headedness. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Almost if not quite all depends on the clear-headedness and quick-witted grasp of the despatchers and strict obedience to orders by the trainmen. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers] Reference
After more than a decade as a regular facet of our day-to-day lives, it's time for us to start treating the Internet with the same clear-headedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
There came upon him one of those fateful attacks of clear-headedness that never occurred except when he was physically exhausted and his nerves hung loose. From Wordnik.com. [Youth and the Bright Medusa] Reference
I do believe we will need clear-headedness and startling originality of concept, as well and design, as well as inordinate courage, to get out of this imbroglio. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
From the 'Church of England in the Reigns of the Stuarts,' I quote another instance of his moderation and clear-headedness in the fierce controversies of his time. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester] Reference
"I hope you will not be disappointed in your search," returned the old man, apparently restored to his usual clear-headedness with the prospect of something to do. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia] Reference
We made many a "bran new" theory of life over a thin dish of gruel, which combined the advantages of conviviality with the clear-headedness which philosophy requires. From Wordnik.com. [Walden] Reference
Your boiling condition was not conducive to clear-headedness. ". From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
It must have been one of the most wonderful displays of seamanship and clear-headedness that ever existed.”. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
That I, with a forlorn clear-headedness. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Craig: I. III. Captain Craig, Etc] Reference
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