In spite of his outer calm, he was wound as tight as a clock spring.

Despite his outer calm, Khaefv was probably on a suicide mission to recover or destroy the microbe at any cost.

Cold panic broke through her outer calm, and she felt a sudden urge to scream.

Despite the outer calm she was trying to maintain, it was clear she was pretty much a wreck.

But I did notice that, despite his outer calm, he was intently alert.

Unless Egwene missed her guess, behind that outer calm, Beldeine was terrified.

The rest of her bespoke the outer calm of a resting feline.

"Well, if you're finished with me, I'll be going, Francesca," he managed to say, knowing he couldn't come close to matching her outer calm.

Despite his outer calm, the fact that she'd actually agreed to spend the rest of her life with him was overwhelming.

Despite his outer calm, his mind whirled through a succession of desperate plans, discarding each as futile.