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peacefulness
noun as in calm
noun as in stillness
Example Sentences
It felt vulnerable but almost peaceful to exist without the pressure of seeing a soul.
For these reasons he appears peaceful and easier to accept into the realm of things that have moral standing.
However, at about 7 PM local time, eyewitness reports as well as video footage showed Nigeria’s army on the scene, firing live rounds into the crowd of unarmed and peaceful protesters.
Adding to the atmosphere of uncertainty last week, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett declined to indicate her unequivocal support for a peaceful transfer if she were to sit on the court with that issue before it.
In particular, he pointed out that Barrett had “refused to answer” a lot of questions he considered to be “in bounds” — including whether she supported the peaceful transfer of power between presidents.
So simple and yet moving, the song seemed to take its expression from the peacefulness of his soul.
There is a rocking, hypnotic peacefulness in the way he puts words together.
We who lived through those years recall Coretta as a remarkable combination of power and peacefulness.
In a warlike age this peacefulness of a monarch was the great and supernatural phenomenon.
A little white Pomeranian dog was curled up in front of the fire, and added for the time to the effect of peacefulness.
This scene of unthrobbing peacefulness was beheld by Rhoda with her first conscious delight in it.
It was very peaceful; but the peacefulness of it bore down upon Reuben's soul like lead.
In silence the girl drank in the peacefulness of the scene, while Denis Quirk cast an occasional remark at his mother and her.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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