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

A month, at least, is necessary, to bring my features to such a placidness with him, as to allow him to smile in my face.

From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Richardson, Samuel

Now anger is by nature at the farthest distance imaginable from complacency, and spleenishness from placidness, and animosity and turbulence from humanity and kindness.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

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

From Hyacinth by Birmingham, George A.