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

“I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” creates discomfort and suspense in part by playing off the discrepancy between the horror of the crimes and the placidity of the suburban locales.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2020

But the placidity of his face belied an unusually active mind.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown