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

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

“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” creates discomfort and suspense in part by playing off the discrepancy between the horror of the crimes and the placidity of the suburban locales.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 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