How to Use levelheaded in a Sentence

levelheaded

adjective

• She is levelheaded about her chances for success as an actress.
• Speaking of levelheaded, some hats came in the other day that would look adorable on you!
  — Keaton Patti, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2017
• Stack tries to stay levelheaded during moments like that.
  — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
• When things are really fraught, take time to prepare for such a levelheaded exchange of truths.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 29 Oct. 2019
• The two men—the most levelheaded among the chaperons—soon returned and confirmed that the path was safe.
  — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
• Our Trent Shadid took a levelheaded and numbers-based look at it all.
  — Eric Bolin, ajc, 10 Oct. 2017
• And if Koch’s levelheaded coaching style has proven anything to this point, time still seems aplenty for a late run.
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 5 Aug. 2017
• The Bordeaux man or woman tends to be grounded and levelheaded.
  — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 4 Nov. 2019
• Zoë, on the other hand, is calm and levelheaded in a crisis, and yet is still excellent at kicking ass and taking names.
  — Matt Blum, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2012
• Why are otherwise levelheaded people willing to make this leap?
  — Heather Schwedel, Slate Magazine, 18 Oct. 2017
• Less than a third of the country describes him as levelheaded, a figure that has been pretty steady over the course of his presidency.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2018
• So far, his balancing act is keeping him levelheaded and determined.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
• Asked about the team’s ugly start, Davies presented a levelheaded viewpoint.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2022
• Mercury then checks in with Saturn, guiding us to a more levelheaded perspective.
  — Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
• Zverev, often curt in defeat, remained levelheaded about the early exit from Paris.
  — Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 30 May 2017
• Toronto has been levelheaded and even-keeled this season, following the example set by Leonard.
  — Dan Woike, latimes.com, 11 June 2019
• For much of a six-year Tigers tenure filled with wild ups and downs, Hinch has mostly carried a consistent, levelheaded demeanor.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 19 May 2026
• There’s pretty much always time to call one or three or five people smarter than you or just calmer than you who will ask you levelheaded questions and try to pull you back from the edge of making a big mistake.
  — Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Your levelheaded perspective and energetic attitude will give you the advantage at work and at play.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2021
• Martinez has been a levelheaded voice in the clubhouse during trying times, bringing some of the veteran leadership the Mets hoped for.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
• The key to accomplish any essential task is a little preparation, levelheaded thinking and a lot of hand washing before and after.
  — New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020
• May remains levelheaded in this moment of her career, on the eve of the new Scream’s debut in theaters, as an actress who can now say she's been sought out by filmmakers.
  — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
• Those who’ve been cut loose can’t look at it as a reflection of their abilities, but more a result of their employer’s inabilities to be more fiscally levelheaded.
  — Tom Hoffarth, Orange County Register, 29 Apr. 2017
• Laid-back yet eager to please, Tully makes a wondrously levelheaded and insightful foil to Theron’s middle-aged mother.
  — Michael O’Sullivan, kansascity, 3 May 2018
• Compared to the flashiness and giddiness of some past Latin Grammy spectacles, this year’s edition was closer to the levelheaded side.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2022
• Bordelon didn’t seem to try, delivering a levelheaded if overly self-effacing turn as Charlie.
  — Tirdad Derakhshani, Philly.com, 4 Oct. 2017
• Typically, the former goaltender Hrudey is one of the sport’s more levelheaded commentators, not a lust-for-violence type.
  — James Mirtle, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
• Don Cheadle stars as an impulsive trader who captains a misfit firm with his more levelheaded lieutenant, played by Regina Hall.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2019
• In conversation, Hyltin, who has never suffered a serious injury that forced her to sit out a season (or even a company tour), comes across as levelheaded and calm.
  — Marina Harss, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
• Apparently, Jabari’s last teacher wasn’t so levelheaded and ended up swinging on Darnell.
  — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024