serenity
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As she’s gotten older, the Oscar winner has become more comfortable doing less in her performances, allowing for a fragile serenity that is belied by the anguish and anxiety roiling underneath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Completely reimagined with an emphasis on natural light, flow, and function, the property exudes a sense of serenity from the moment you arrive.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
McIlroy exuded serenity on the first two days as he surged into a record six-shot lead at the halfway stage, even though he was still far from his best off the tee.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Isolde is a mercurial character, and Ms. Davidsen expressed her simmering rage, her girlish flirtatiousness, and her serenity in the “Liebestod.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
But there was no longer any beauty in the world about him or any serenity in his heart.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
It is particularly effective with modern music, with which Bernstein has had consistent success, and whose complex rhythms he feels perhaps more deeply than he feels the serenities of the classics.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the serenities of the countess, Katharine Cornell's personal graciousness is more in accord.
From Time Magazine Archive
The house foamed with faces, shook with applause, and without, at the glowing gates, a chariot carried him instantly to the serenities of elaborate peace.
From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar
It is a settled old community, with all the serenities, the graces, the conveniences, and the comforts of the ideal home-life.
From Following the Equator, Part 4 by Twain, Mark
Miss Jewett preferred to touch graciously the sunnier slopes of this provincial temperament, to linger in its ancient dignities and serenities.
From The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters by Perry, Bliss
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