presence of mind in English

sanity, clarity of mind; speed of decision making, resourcefulness

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1. His presence of mind deserted him.

2. But he had some presence of mind.

3. His courage/presence of mind deserted him.

4. For a moment her presence of mind forsook her.

5. Thanks to his presence of mind the passengers were saved.

6. 6 For a moment her presence of mind forsook her.

7. I had much presence of mind to bring myself off.

8. They lost their presence of mind when the workshop took fire.

9. I had enough presence of mind not to mention my intention.

10. Because he had the presence of mind, the children were saved.

11. The child showed great presence of mind by grabbing the falling baby.

12. Wade did not lose his presence of mind during the terrible accident.

13. The boy had the presence of mind to turn off the gas.

14. I have never seen anyone have the presence of mind to do it.

15. The general's courage and presence of mind earned him deep admiration among the armymen.

16. Dangers any career but presence of mind will often conquer the worst of them.

17. I have saved my life more than once before by presence of mind and quickness.

18. With great presence of mind a fireman pulled the driver away from the burning cab.

19. Koju had had the presence of mind to bribe a local policeman into accompanying us.

20. He had the presence of mind to put his emergency oxygen tube in his mouth.

21. What is better than the presence of mind in a railway accident? The absence of body.

22. Somehow I managed to have the presence of mind to photograph her going into the house.

23. Fortunately somebody had the presence of mind to turn off the water at the main. Sentencedict.com

24. Arrhachion, who was being strangled, had the presence of mind to dislocate one of his rival’s toes.

25. Fortunately someone had the presence of mind to snap off a picture, preserving the soapy creature for posterity.

26. Fortunately we had the presence of mind to turn the radio on to another station before opening the door.

27. With his usual presence of mind he nipped back and picked up Sheldukher's hard copy map of the planet.

28. I had enough presence of mind left to feel sorry for him and was ready to intercede on his behalf.

29. Now that Walter had the strength and presence of mind to be leading differently, the board somehow responded differently too.

30. With great presence of mind and careful handling, he accomplished the forced landing successfully without any damage to the aircraft.

31. And so it is Wasianski, not de Quincey, snuffing Kant’s candle, Wasianski, not de Quincey, with the presence of mind to inform us that when hosting a party, rather than keep a bottle of decanted wine with a servant, Kant, Anacreontically, preferred to keep one at the elbow of every single guest

32. The ground personnel of the Fighter Wing soon ran out of ammunition for their anti-aircraft machine guns as well; in the general confusion and focus on readying the fighters for action, no one had the presence of mind or the time to issue small-arms ammunition for the personal weapons of the ground personnel.