placid
Example Sentences
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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
American shale’s placid responses to energy whirlwinds are becoming an enduring feature of the U.S. oil industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
"The first one by Cití Ní Ghallchóir is so sweet but still so sad and placid... she just seemed really exhausted," she said, noting that the other two felt "disgusting, painful and exaggerated."
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
The Cboe Group’s VIX index was last marked 18% lower from last Friday’s close, but is still trading north of the 20 point mark that generally separates placid markets from turbulent ones.
From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025
Somewhere in the expanse beneath that placid splendor lay Togbe’s childhood home in its watery grave, lost in time.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Vocabulary lists containing placid
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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