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

He breathed the placidness of a respectable old bachelor whose only love is for good living and who appreciates the digestive sleepiness of the boaconstrictor as the greatest of happiness.

From Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) by Keniston, Hayward

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

Indeed, their very placidness was almost cold, animal in its indifference.

From The Mantooth by Leadem, Christopher