placidity

Example Sentences

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She lets the camera drink in the differences between their big-city home environs and the placidity of their woody, lakeside getaway.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2022

What might have been striking about Saturday was its placidity, especially in a month not famed for meteorological serenity.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2021

People got married, divorced, babies were born and people died, and there was this placidity.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2021

With all the dire warnings, the general seemed to be losing patience with his countrymen’s trademark placidity.

From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2020

The placidity of her countenance along with the smoothness of her skin made her face appear like a mask, with living, human eyes behind it.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides