peaceable

Example Sentences

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The judge said Jenkins was a "peaceable man" of "excellent character" who tended to avoid confrontation but on Christmas night wanted to get Mr Birch away from his family "knowing what he was capable of".

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2023

Black activist Brittany Martin was, for instance, convicted in 2022 of "breaching the peace" for shouting in officers' faces during a peaceable assembly in Sumter, South Carolina, in 2020.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2023

In one study, 18 percent of patients flew, sang, danced, laughed, lectured or enacted other peaceable activities.

From Scientific American • Jan. 24, 2023

These chases mostly end meekly, sans gore or gunfire, with a peaceable arrest following a certain time-plus-mayhem factor.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2022

As he put it, he had “steered the vessel...into a peaceable and safe port.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis