peaceable
Example Sentences
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Here, she tends to describe a largely peaceable kingdom populated by earnest researchers thoughtfully pursuing nature’s questions in a collaborative environment of inquiry and wonder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
“This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
She is adopted by animals who have formed a peaceable kingdom in a city that humans have left behind.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
Black activist Brittany Martin was, for instance, convicted in 2022 of "breaching the peace" for shouting in officers' faces during a peaceable assembly in Sumter, South Carolina, in 2020.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2023
If her grandfather had been there, he might have told her that a peaceable spirit was the reward of charity.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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