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

Chalons is an ideally situated city, with a placidness which the slow current of the Sa�ne does not disturb.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

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

From Hyacinth by Birmingham, George A.

To expand the human face to its full perfection, it seems necessary that the mind should co-operate by placidness of content, or consciousness of superiority.

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel