even tenor
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He would deny its very existence, or that of any other emotion that might upset the even tenor of his days.
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Walter George enjoys his role as the most powerful member of the 84th, and he has been able to maintain the even tenor of his ways.
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And pleasantly surprised, because the briefer format is better adapted to carry the even tenor of sad beauty that pervades all of Mann's writings, and is unbearably sustained in his long novels.
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The judge in the Ward case himself echoed the widespread view that Ward was an exception, and that "the even tenor of the British family goes on quietly."
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For two or three years she pursued the even tenor of her way.
From The Pilot's Daughter an account of Elizabeth Cullingham by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)
