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
What might have been striking about Saturday was its placidity, especially in a month not famed for meteorological serenity.
From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2021
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
The cows gazed at him with a sort of threatening idiotic placidity; the horses peered down their long snouts like curious, intelligent gods.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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