placid
Example Sentences
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The weird part of all this is: This show is placid.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
She holds up a sepia photograph in a silver embossed frame: the clairvoyant Isabel Barros Moreira, her mother’s mother, her face placid, with dark hair and dark eyes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Steve Sosnick, the chief strategist at Interactive Brokers, writes that the president’s comments “challenged investors’ perceptions about a speedy end to hostilities and a fundamental tenet of U.S. equities’ placid response to the crisis.”
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
"George is now 7ft. He is pretty placid - except at dinnertime when you have to be so careful because he jumps up."
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
It eased him into a placid mood, at least for the trip’s duration.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing placid
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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