placidity
Example Sentences
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She lets the camera drink in the differences between their big-city home environs and the placidity of their woody, lakeside getaway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
I wouldn’t say serenity, I would say placidity about that time.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2021
With all the dire warnings, the general seemed to be losing patience with his countrymen’s trademark placidity.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2020
Into it he mixes the soul-opening honk of Albert Ayler, full of enough breath to evoke a door blowing wide open; the winding intensity of John Coltrane; and the troubled placidity of Lester Young.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2020
The placidity of her countenance along with the smoothness of her skin made her face appear like a mask, with living, human eyes behind it.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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