placidness

Example Sentences

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At 16, Hamer left home, and over the course of the next 18 months, walked across Britain, honing the skills that make him a superlative mole catcher — invisibility and placidness.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2019

The relative placidness of inbounds skiing is no match for the greater adventure of untamed terrain.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2012

Therefore, Marion arrived in Dublin dishevelled, weary, and, for all her natural placidness, inclined to be cross.

From Hyacinth by Birmingham, George A.

He breathed the placidness of a respectable old bachelor whose only love is for good living and who appreciates the digestive sleepiness of the boaconstrictor as the greatest of happiness.

From Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) by Keniston, Hayward

For some subtle reason the expression of extreme placidness on Ingeborg's face as she lay silently watching the tree-tops and planning what she would do with her baby annoyed the Baroness.

From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von