But he had, at least, lost some of his usual confidence.

He seemed to have forgotten the events of the previous evening, returning to his usual brisk confidence and grace under pressure.

Surely," chuckled the other, with his usual confidence in voice and manner, "a thing like this isn't going to stop our plans.

Marion's corps fighting with their usual confidence, suffered great loss; himself did not receive a scratch.

And yet I didn't feel my usual confidence.

With her usual confidence she took charge of the conversation.

But the German spoke with less than his usual confidence.

"You leave it to me, sir," said Slack with his usual confidence.

His usual confidence seeming to crack just slightly, he added, "Those who were involved need to stand up and be counted."

"If you don't like them, I'll take them back," he said, his usual confidence gone.