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

It was then that the Believers began to fathom the reasons for the Prophet's placidness when he accepted the paragraph, seemingly so unfavourable, concerning the restitution of fugitives.

From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne

He looks pale, and his countenance wears a placidness indicating a mind absorbed in reflection.

From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

Poor little girl, it must have been horrible for her to have come in from the gay placidness of her own life and thoughts to the stark tragedy of Bridget Rendle's death.

From To Love by Peterson, Margaret