placidity

Example Sentences

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I had been struck by the placidity of Courtney’s life in the public eye.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2023

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

People got married, divorced, babies were born and people died, and there was this placidity.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2021

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